Tune in to the 1-hour pilot of my new hip hop talk show "Reality Matters" on KPFK, Pacifica Radio! KPFK serves the greater Los Angeles area and streams 24 hours a day via the internet, providing listeners with progressive and independent news, talk & music.
The pilot show features interviews from community artists and educators promoting activism through hip hop, progressive agendas, and hip hop pedagogy in communities and campuses across the country!
As the on-air host for "Reality Matters", my vision is to bring my Sociology and Hip Hop classes to the radio airwaves, providing critical analysis of current social issues through a hip hop lens. The goal is also to make stronger connections to the hip hop community, with the show as a platform to highlight and promote the work of local community activists and artists.
So tune in and support the show and I will continue to provide updates on upcoming broadcasts!
To comment or express your support for the show? Please send emails to: comments@kpfk.org
PILOT SHOW INFO:
Day: Tuesday 1/5/2010
Time: 11pm PST (1 hour)
To Listen in Los Angeles: 90.7fm KPFK
To Listen Live on the Web or access show archive: http://www.kpfk.org/
Re-Air Date: TBD but pilot will re-air in the next few days during an afternoon slot for daytime audience. When date is determined, I will post update.
Guests:
Dr. Ayo Alabi, Professor of Sociology at Orange Coast College
Dr. Ebony Utley, Professor of Communication Studies at California State University, Long Beach
DLabrie, artist, president of RonDavoux Records, and national outreach coordinator, Hip Hop Congress
Maurice "Soulfighter" Taylor, artist, Poetic Network, Community Against Hate, and east coast regional director, Hip Hop Congress
Rahman Jamal, artist, educator and west coast regional director of Hip Hop Congress
Sarah Harris, educator and board member, Hip Hop Congress
Hip Hop Congress
Website: http://www.hiphopcongress.com/
Join their Facebook Group!
Follow on Twitter!
Featured Artists/Songs:
Mic Holden - "It's On!'
http://www.myspace.com/micholden4president
Shamako Noble - "Deeper"
http://shamakonoble.com/
DLabrie feat. Adisa Banjoko - "Life Strategies"
http://www.myspace.com/dlabriemusic
We are capable of bearing a great burden, once we discover that the burden is reality and arrive where reality is. – James Baldwin
Boogie down productions is made up of teachers
The lecture is conducted from the mic into the speaker
Who gets weaker? the king or the teacher
Its not about a salary its all about reality
Teachers teach and do the world good
Kings just rule and most are never understood - KRS One
Showing posts with label media. Show all posts
Showing posts with label media. Show all posts
Monday, January 4, 2010
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Media Matters - Don't Believe the Hype
Per request from my former student(thanks Ashley!) I am going to offer a few thoughts on the swine flu...and my thoughts on the subject can really be summed up in one sentence: MEDIA STRIKES AGAIN!
The best thing that has come out of this pandemic so far is the funny joke going around that Ashley posted in an earlier post...."They said we'll have a Black President when pigs fly. 100 days later - Swine Flu! (flew)" LOL :-)
The most important thing that has come out of this is the latest example of the power of the media to DEFINE reality....not reflect it. While this new flu strain may or may not be a pandemic in the grand scheme of things, what the media made it OVER NIGHT was ISSUE #1.
It took NO time for it to be the topic of conversation everywhere, including my classrooms. Students came into my classes buzzing about a swine flu no one had heard of two days prior.. don't tell me the media is not powerful...it can shape people's thoughts, and as we've seen, behaviors, overnight. Understanding that power is critical.
So while I made light of the swine flu (I was not feeling well this past week and told students that i might have it...lol) I will never make light of hegemony and the media's power to shape our reality.
The airwaves are public and are supposed to be used for public good...but corporate media is driven by profit, NOT public interests.
Supporting organizations like FREEPRESS.NET and MEDIA MATTERS is one practical step we ALL can do to demand a truly free press and more accountable media. We also need to make sure we get information from sources that provide more robust and critical commentary, sites like ALTERNET.ORG and PLAYAHATA.COM.
Flu Schmlu ... Forget the Media's Hype
By Cervantes, AlterNet. Posted April 29, 2009.
There are many things to fear in this world, but so far the swine flu isn't one of them.
The best thing that has come out of this pandemic so far is the funny joke going around that Ashley posted in an earlier post...."They said we'll have a Black President when pigs fly. 100 days later - Swine Flu! (flew)" LOL :-)
The most important thing that has come out of this is the latest example of the power of the media to DEFINE reality....not reflect it. While this new flu strain may or may not be a pandemic in the grand scheme of things, what the media made it OVER NIGHT was ISSUE #1.
It took NO time for it to be the topic of conversation everywhere, including my classrooms. Students came into my classes buzzing about a swine flu no one had heard of two days prior.. don't tell me the media is not powerful...it can shape people's thoughts, and as we've seen, behaviors, overnight. Understanding that power is critical.
So while I made light of the swine flu (I was not feeling well this past week and told students that i might have it...lol) I will never make light of hegemony and the media's power to shape our reality.
The airwaves are public and are supposed to be used for public good...but corporate media is driven by profit, NOT public interests.
Supporting organizations like FREEPRESS.NET and MEDIA MATTERS is one practical step we ALL can do to demand a truly free press and more accountable media. We also need to make sure we get information from sources that provide more robust and critical commentary, sites like ALTERNET.ORG and PLAYAHATA.COM.
Flu Schmlu ... Forget the Media's Hype
By Cervantes, AlterNet. Posted April 29, 2009.
There are many things to fear in this world, but so far the swine flu isn't one of them.
Saturday, September 20, 2008
In the Meantime....
Ok, consider this a "catch up" post. here are a number of articles and videos that you should definitely peep! And leave comments ;-)
Playahata.com has a new and improved layout and is always a good source for information.
Daveyd.com is also a very good source of information and his MySpace blog is a great place for dialogue.
On it right now are a few important posts, including:
1. It'
By Davey
2. This is Your Natio
By Tim Wise
3. How a Texas
by James
There's a new in depth study about the effect of racism on the election:
And a funny Bill Maher video about the same topic:
On a related note, my initial analysis of the Palin pick three weeks ago seems correct. It was obviously political but probably will backfire in the end..for some of the reasons discussed here:
And finally, on the economic nightmare unfolding:
Economists see financial bailout as necessary
Home foreclosures reach record high
World's richest got even richer last year: report
And finally, a very important article and study regarding the better economic plan:
Media Matters
Much of my work focuses on media analysis. This election is yet another example of the power of media. As I tell my classes, media does not reflect reality, it defines it. And they define it with an agenda in mind. Jon Stewart exposes the spin well in this clip:
The result of this election will depend greatly on how the media frames the next few weeks. What the media focuses on matters. If you look at polling for the last few weeks, there seems to be some support to the idea that media framing affects polling. When media focus was on Obama during DNC convention, Obama pulled ahead. Then when media focused on RNC and the Palin phenomena, McCain pulled ahead in polls. Now that the eocnomy is the story of the hour, Obama is back in the lead. So what the media decides to focus on may definitely have an effect on polling.
View polling trends here:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/latestpolls/index.html
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