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1 Media & Democracy Week 12

2 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

3 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

4 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

5 History of Bad Violence Perspectives Nazi Germany  Iraq  Ku Klux Klan The Birth of a Nation, D. W. Griffith, 1915 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k57rt58vUYw  Timothy McViegh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kd82oJmzZUU

6 Fighting for the Future of Our Country/Democracy  Soldiers in the Army of God Roe Vs. Wade http://lashawnbarber.com/archives/2009/05/31/child-killer-george-tiller-killed/  Modern ‘Extremist’ Groups http://www.whitehonor.com/ http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5238215n Islamic Extremism/Jesus Camp Obama, Health Care,The Tea Party & Media  http://www.examiner.com/x-14552-Social-Media-Examiner~y2010m3d23-Twitter-used-to-call-for-Obama-assassination-over- health-care-bill-Secret-Service-steps-in http://www.examiner.com/x-14552-Social-Media-Examiner~y2010m3d23-Twitter-used-to-call-for-Obama-assassination-over- health-care-bill-Secret-Service-steps-in  http://www.collegenews.com/index.php?/article/college_grad_posts_obama_assassination_threats_on_twitter_032220102033523/ http://www.collegenews.com/index.php?/article/college_grad_posts_obama_assassination_threats_on_twitter_032220102033523/  http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2010/03/23/olbermann-links-gop-tea-party-racism-and-incitement-violence-special- http://newsbusters.org/blogs/brad-wilmouth/2010/03/23/olbermann-links-gop-tea-party-racism-and-incitement-violence-special-  http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/2010/03/health-con1_-_t.html http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/1gmarchive/2010/03/health-con1_-_t.html

7 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?


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