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Neglect and Fatigue:  The U.S. Media’s Construction and Framing of the HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Africa

By: Aaron Sussman
The Media

6/6/07

Despite increased awareness of the issue in the U.S., the HIV/AIDS pandemic continues to devastate massive populations throughout Africa.  To understand the manner in which the United States has addressed HIV/AIDS in Africa and the way in which  many Americans interpret the complicated issues related to the pandemic, it is imperative to take a hard, critical look at how the issue has been portrayed and constructed by the U.S. media.


Why Inciting Outrage is not Enough

By: Aaron Sussman
The Media

11/29/06 (revised 12/14/06)

The alternative and independent media, and the Left in general, have succeeded in inciting outrage where there should be outrage - now, we must incite hope and true progressive change.


Danger at the Border: What the Media Misses about the Minutemen

By: Ed Quish
The Media

11/17/06

When the media talk about the anti-Minutemen protest at Columbia University as an issue of free speech, they miss the point: the Minutemen don’t just provide a controversial perspective on immigration, but a threat to American values.


“Cook for the Cure”: Marketing Domesticity for Breast Cancer Research

By: Jillian Weinberger
The Media

11/17/06

In an effort to raise money for breast cancer research, companies like KitchenAid, Oreck, and Lean Cuisine have each started a line of "pink ribbon products." Yet, the marketing scheme behind slogans like "Cook for the Cure" reinforces all-too-familiar messages concerning domesticity for white, middle-class women, privatizing the issue  of breast cancer and ignoring the demographic most often killed by breast cancer: poor, African-American women.


Why Student Media Matters

By: Aaron Sussman
The Media

8/11/06

Though student journalists are not immune from the problems that plague the corporate, mainstream media, the do-it-yourself attitude and the democratized means of production have transformed how we think about media and have helped students become active producers, not passive consumers, of information.


Good for Incumbents, Bad for Democracy

By: Aaron Sussman
The Media
7/10/06

In the media, Ned Lamont fought an uphill battle against Joe Lieberman from the beginning.