Advertising & the end of the world
In Advertising & the End of the World, Sut Jhally, Executive Director of MEF, exposes the inherent conflict between commercial culture - as aggressively sold by private, global media systems - and environmental stewardship. This powerful video goes...
On the run
A documentary about runaway teenagers who are living on the street. Notes that there is no typical one type of runaway or a single reason for running away. Some of these individuals are not runaways, but are considered to be throwaways, meaning th...
No place to call home
Documentary about the lives of three homeless women in Newark, New Jersey.
'Spotlight on girls. Program 1
Program covers the source of children's exposure to profanity and its effect on their behavior and self-esteem. Contains advice for parents on how to interact with their children to facilitate their language development.
The 'Spotlight on Girls Te...
TV news at the crossroads
This is a panel discussion covering various issues facing the changing television news industry, including:
-Internet technology's effect on news delivery and broadcast journalism
-the impact of Katie Couric anchoring the CBS evening news
-politica...
The Codes of Gender
Communication scholar Sut Jhally applies the late sociologist Erving Goffman's groundbreaking analysis of advertising to the contemporary commercial landscape in this provocative new film about gender as a ritualized cultural performance. Uncovering...
Arna's children: how the children of a Palestinian theatre group got involved in the intifadah
This personal narrative tells the story of a children's theatre group on the West Bank that was established by Arna Mer Khamis, who grew up in a Zionist family and later married a Palestinian Arab. Directed by Arna's son Juliano, Arna's Children shi...
Arab Spring
This Webcast was hosted by four Broadcasting students who recently accompanied Steve McCarthy and Dr. David Sanders to Tunisia for a "reporting trip." To start the webcast Ian Elliot filed a report about the trip itself and the impact of the Arab Sp...
The land called New Jersey
This program portrays three hundred years of progress in New Jersey and the contributions of the citizens of the state to the history of the United States. It includes sequences on the granting and naming of the state, the colonial period, early ind...
Class Dismissed
Based on the forthcoming book by Pepi Leistyna, Class Dismissed navigates the steady stream of narrow working class representation from American television's beginnings to today's sitcoms, reality shows, police dramas, and daytime talk shows. This ...