[Air-l] suggestions?

[Radhika Gajjala]

Steph - you know that's fine with me - I was going to ask Charles 
myself - but you beat me to it - I'll link now:)

r

>i copied and pasted your dialogue into my blog, is that ok?  I have an
>idea it might be usable in teaching in a few weeks... 
>http://www.stephaniejokent.com/blog/archives/001764.html
>
>On Oct 22, 2005, at 3:02 PM, air-l-request at listserv.aoir.org wrote:
>
>>  Message: 2
>>  Date: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 11:51:49 -0400
>>  From: Radhika Gajjala <radhika at cyberdiva.org>
>>  Subject: Re: [Air-l] suggestions?
>>  To: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
>>  Message-ID: <a0611047dbf800e8269a8@[192.168.1.100]>
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>>
>>  Charles - I'm sorry it took so long for me to reply to this one.
>>
>>>  To demonstrate that my background is in philosophy, not communication
>>>  studies (for better and for worse)..
>>
>>
>>  the issue you raise is not necessarily limited the discipline of
>>  "communication studies"
>>
>>
>>
>>>  .
>>>
>>>  My my applied ethics class, we're reading an essay by Robinson A.
>>>  Grover,
>>>  "the New State of Nature and the New Terrorism," which argues that
>>>  new media
>>>  and globalization have brought about a new version of Hobbes' war of
>>>  each
>>>  against all, etc.
>>
>>
>>  hmmm
>>
>>>  I attempted to buttress some of Grover's claims with the work of Cass
>>>  Sunstein, his notion of "The Daily Me," etc.
>>>
>>>  This inspired one of my students to ask: are there studies, etc., that
>>>  suggest that the new media, by giving us greater communication with
>>>  "the
>>>  Other" works to make us _less_ fearful of the Other, and thus, under
>>>  some
>>>  circumstances at least, _more_ likely to engage in aggressive
>>>  behaviors,
>>>  including warfare?
>>
>>
>>  my first response to this was - is this for real? Hasnt this person
>>  seen Television and Film portrayal of some "Others" all his/her life
>>  and seen how that can as effectively work towards building up fear
>>  and paranoia?
>>
>>  My general response is - depends on who's producing this "Other" and
>>  what context this "Other" is being permitted to speak/represent
>>  hirself - and what code of (contextual) behaviour and hierarchies
>>  this representation of the Other is placed.
>>
>>  In other words - yes - in a state of ignorance what your students
>>  suggests is likely to be true - but the media dont necessary help us
>>  not be ignorant ...
>>
>>  As for citations - I know postcolonial media theorists, critical race
>>  theorists and critical media theorists etc have written about this
>>  sort of thing.
>>
>>
>>
>>>   That is, his thought is that in a state of ignorance of
>>>  the Other, one is more likely to assume the worst - the Other is
>>>  bigger,
>>>  more powerful, etc., so I'd better stay home.  But once I see the
>>>  Other on
>>>  TV, the Internet, etc., I discover that this is not so...
>>>
>>>  I thought it a worthwhile question - citations and suggestions?
>>>
>>>  thanks in advance,
>>>
>>>  Charles Ess
>>>
>>>  Distinguished Research Professor, Interdisciplinary Studies
>>>  Drury University
>>>  900 N. Benton Ave.              Voice: 417-873-7230
>>>  Springfield, MO  65802  USA       FAX: 417-873-7435
>>>  Home page:  http://www.drury.edu/ess/ess.html
>>>
>>>  Co-chair, CATaC'06: http://www.catacconference.org
>>>  Co-chair, ECAP'06: http://www.eu-cap.org
>>>
>>>  Professor II, Globalization and Applied Ethics Programmes
>>>  Norwegian University of Science and Technology
>>>  NO-7491 Trondheim, Norway
>>>  http://www.anvendtetikk.ntnu.no/pres/bridgingcultures.php
>>>
>>>  Exemplary persons seek harmony, not sameness. -- Analects 13.23
>>>
>>>
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Radhika Gajjala
Associate Professor
School of Communication Studies
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403

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