College of Media Events Calendar

How are we teaching students, and the broader community, to disagree? It’s a question the College of Media hopes to address in a new three-part Zoom series, “Bridging Divides: Conversations on Media and Disagreement.” Faculty from the Departments of Advertising, Journalism, and Media & Cinema Studies will host free webinars exploring how productive discussions occur across lines of disagreement and difference. 

The first talk, Reaching Across the Aisle: Advertising and Messaging in an Age of Polarization, will feature Advertising Professor Jason P. Chambers, associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion, and author of Advertising Revolutionary: The Life and Work of Tom Burrell; as well as Illinois alum Michael Strautmanis (BS ’91, advertising; JD ’94, law), executive vice president for external affairs at the Obama Foundation.

Register to join via Zoom.

Upcoming talks include:

Oct. 25: What Does it Mean to Be an Informed Critic? 

Nov. 1: Engaging with People, Perspectives, and Policies When You Don't Agree: Lessons from Journalism

For more information about the series, go to media.illinois.edu/bridgingdivides.