----- Forwarded message begins here ----- From: Ann Preston <apreston> Tue, 12 Apr 1994 12:42:54 -0500 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Could you send the following reminder to your e-mail list? Thanks. Dr. George Gerbner will discuss television's contribution to violence in society and will offer advocacy as a solution to the domination of the media mainstream in his keynote address to open the Red River Communication Conference at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, in the NDSU Newman Center Social Hall. Gerbner's address is free and open to the public. Gerbner heads the Cultural Indicators research team at the Annenberg School for Communication, U. of Penn., where he is professor of communication and dean emeritus. Cultural Indicators was initiated by the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence in 1969 and consists of a continuing comparative analysis of television in 10 countries. The Red River Communication conference presents the work of 50 scholars as well as fature presentations on controlling broadcast content, music as communication and media literacy. For further information or to obtain registration materials, contact the Department of Communication at North Dakota State University, Fargo, at (701) 237-7705. ------ Forwarded message ends here ------ Larry Schwartz * Humanities Librarian * North Dakota State University * A university does great things, P. O. Box 5599 * but there is one thing it does Fargo, ND 58105-5599 * not do; it does not intellectu- * alize its neighborhood. (701) 237-8002 * * John Henry, Cardinal Newman *