BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20220311T173000Z DTEND:20220311T190000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Lifetime Learning Luncheon: The Media & Changing Times DESCRIPTION:Dr. Werner Kelber\, Professor Emeritus from Rice University\, will present an overview of media and how it has interacted with history and contributed to culture.\n\nDaily we see or hear reports of an event that may affect how we'll live the rest of our lives. From a different source we see or hear another report of the same event which conflicts with the first\, to varying degrees. Which report is accurate and true? How do we decide? How do such conflicts of observation arise? Is this a phenomenon of the digital age in which we now live? Kelber will discuss changes in media from the ancient oral communication through print to today's electronic forms. He will explore how each has contributed to significant changes in all walks of life down through the centuries. Though Kelber will be talking about the past\, he intends to draw parallels to current issues so we may better understand our present.\n \n\n? X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Dr. Werner Kelber\, Professor Emeritus from Rice University\, will present an overview of media and how it has interacted with history and contributed to culture.
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Daily we see or hear reports of an event that may affect how we&rsquo\;ll live the rest of our lives. From a different source we see or hear another report of the same event which conflicts with the first\, to varying degrees. Which report is accurate and true? How do we decide? How do such conflicts of observation arise? Is this a phenomenon of the digital age in which we now live? \; Kelber will discuss changes in media from the ancient oral communication through print to today'\;s electronic forms. \; He will explore how each has contributed to significant changes in all walks of life down through the centuries. \; Though Kelber will be talking about the past\, he intends to draw parallels to current issues so we may better understand our present.
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\n? LOCATION:Blinn College Janice Sneed Banquet Room Brenham\, TX 77833 UID:e.92.74543 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260504T185753Z URL:https://chamber.brenhamtexas.com/events/details/lifetime-learning-luncheon-the-media-changing-times-74543 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR