Sut Jhally: interview with David Lenson : MR-2: the radio program of the Massachusetts Review
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Interview with Sut Jhally, Professor of Communication at UMass Amherst and Executive Director of the Media Education Foundation on MR2, an hour-long radio show on radio station WMUA (FM 91.1) featuring interviews with local writers, artists, and cultural critics.. (00:01:45) Career in Communications branching out from print into media. Activism and academic work. (00:06:18) Career as a video producer and cultural critique of videos. (00:09:26) Cease and desist letter from Viacom claiming a violation of copyright in his video Dream Worlds. (00:13:40) Founding of Media Education Foundation in response to Viacom's threats. (00:14:56) Distribution of Dream Worlds and becoming a distributor. (00:18:27) Reform of media system and inadequacy of First Amendment to oppose corporate censorship. (00:20:38) Using media for cultural critique to attack the media. (00:23:52) Response to critics on left and right.
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