Demystifying Media At The University Of Oregon

This podcast is a recording of a lecture given by scholar and author Sue Robinson at the University of Oregon. Learn more about her visit to the University of Oregon here: https://demystifying.uoregon.edu/2019/04/05/demystifying-how-power-and-privilege-shape-public-discourse-in-progressive-communities/ Robinson is a Professor of Journalism at UW-Madison’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Her 2018 book, Networked News, Racial Divides: How Power & Privilege Shape Progressive Communities, explores how digital platforms enable and constrain citizens – especially those in marginalized communities – who produce and share information in the public sphere about racial achievement disparities in the K-12 education system. The book is meant to be a guide for journalists, politicians, activists and others on how to navigate information networks to improve public deliberation. This lecture summarizes many of the key lessons from her book. Sue is currently at work on two additional book projects — one on T