Synopses & Reviews
The 1960s and 1970s was a time of repression and a time of freedom, a time of ferment rarely seen before in this country. People marched-in, sat-in, loved-in. The will of the people persuaded one president not to run for reelection, forced another president to resign, and ended an iniquitous war. Social and political revolutions took place: Civil rights, women's liberation, protests against the irrelevancies of education and social norms, a counter-culture revolution on the part of young people. The keys to both protest and change were communications and education.
Dr. Robert L. Hilliard not only observed, but participated in and affected America's counter-culture revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, from the vantage point of several key federal government positions in Washington. Based on his papers and speeches from that period, with current commentary added, this is a revealing look at media and education's lost and found opportunities during that period, and what must be done so that they serve America's needs adequately in the new millennium.
Synopsis
Media, Education and America's Counter-Culture Revolution is an adaptation and amalgamation of some of the author's speeches, papers, and essays during his service in several federal government communication and education posts during the 1960s and 1970s. Dealing with the use and misuse of media and their impact--or lack of it--on our country's political, cultural, and educational development, this book shows how far we fell short of what we might have done with the media, and suggests what we might still do.
Synopsis
Media, Education and America's Counter-Culture Revolution is an adaptation and amalgamation of some of the author's speeches, papers, and essays during his service in several federal government communication and education posts during the 1960s and 1970s. Dealing with the use and misuse of media and their impact--or lack of it--on our country's political, cultural, and educational development, this book shows how far we fell short of what we might have done with the media, and suggests what we might still do.
Synopsis
Discusses the use and misuse of media and its impact--or lack of it--on our country's political, cultural, and educational development.
About the Author
ROBERT L. HILLIARD is Professor of Media Arts at Emerson College, Boston.
Table of Contents
Motive, Myth, and Media
Tuning In and Turning On: The Trouble with Education is Education
School Work and Homework
An Open University and School
Television and Political Control: A Case for Media Literacy
Communications and Minorities
Education, Media, and the Inner-City Child
Urban Communications: A Plan for Action
Women and Communcations
The Arts: Stage, Gallery, and Museum (Out of the Tower through the Tube to the Multitude)
A Public Television Alternative to Public Television
An International University of Communications
Involvement
Index