Media & Democracy Week 12

Democracy, Violence and the Media “Political Violence” The threat or use of violence, often against the civilian population, to achieve political or social ends, to intimidate opponents, or to publicize grievances

Violence and the State Democracy & Violence (Definition Depends) - Averting Violence (mutually exclusive) - (Politics of Peace, Inclusion and Negotiated Politics) - Institutionalized Violence (Coercion & Legitimacy) - Supranational Governance - Police State - Coordinated Oppression/Subversion - Execution - Assassination

History of Good Violence American Revolution Social Justice – 1960s  All Power to the People The State & the People  MLK  Non-violence  How Non-violence protects the State (Gelderloos)  Malcolm X  Self-Defense  Black Panther Party  Community Organization against Institutional Oppression  Power in the Face of the Status Quo  systems of brutality must be justifiably confronted with brutality

History of Bad Violence Perspectives Nazi Germany  Iraq  Ku Klux Klan The Birth of a Nation, D. W. Griffith,  Timothy McViegh

Fighting for the Future of Our Country/Democracy  Soldiers in the Army of God Roe Vs. Wade  Modern ‘Extremist’ Groups Islamic Extremism/Jesus Camp Obama, Health Care,The Tea Party & Media  health-care-bill-Secret-Service-steps-in health-care-bill-Secret-Service-steps-in   

The Role of the Media? TV and Civil Rights/Social Justice New Media  Power  Regulation Freedom of Speech/Hate Speech Representation/Incitement Elitism/Anti-Intellectualism Where do we draw the line on Violence and Democracy? What is the Media’s Relationship to this?