Detailed Program
THE CONFERENCE CONSISTS OF THREE CONNECTED SESSIONS.
SESSIONS BEGIN PROMPTLY AT 10 A.M., 2 P.M., AND 4 P.M.
This program is subject to change. Please review prior to the conference.
10:00 A.M.
Welcome
Paul Holdengräber,
Director, LIVE from the NYPL
Overview
András Szántó,
Project Director
Introduction
Orville Schell, Arthur Ross Director, Center on U.S.-China Relations, Asia Society; former dean, UC Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism
I. PROPAGANDA THEN AND NOW: WHAT ORWELL DID AND DIDN’T KNOW
MODERATOR:
Orville Schell
PANELISTS:
Konstanty Gebert, Warsaw-based former Solidarity activist; columnist and international reporter, Gazeta Wyborcza
Masha Gessen, Moscow-based author and journalist; contributor to The New York Times, The New Republic, and US News & World Report
Jack Miles, senior fellow for religious affairs, Pacific Council on International Policy; distinguished professor of English and religious studies, UC Irvine
George Soros, chair of Soros Fund Management LLC; philanthropist and author
12:00 P.M.
Lunch Break
Welcome Remarks
Paul Leclerc, President of The New York Public Library
2:00 P.M.
Afternoon Overview
András Szántó
II. DECEIVING IMAGES: THE SCIENCE OF MANIPULATION
MODERATOR:
Nicholas Lemann, dean and Henry R. Luce Professor, The Journalism School, Columbia University
PANELISTS:
George Lakoff, Co-Founder and Senior Fellow, Rockridge Institute
and the Goldman Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Science and Linguistics, UC Berkeley
Frank Luntz, political pollster and consultant; author of Words That Work: It’s Not What You Say, It’s What People Hear
Deborah Tannen, University Professor and professor of linguistics, Georgetown University; author of fourteen books on language, communication, and perception
Drew Westen, professor of psychology/psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Emory University; author of The Political Brain: The Role of Emotion in Deciding the Fate of the Nation
3:30 P.M.
Coffee break
4:00 P.M.
Introduction
Joshua S. Fouts, Director, USC Center on Public Diplomacy at the Annenberg School
III. SOLUTIONS: THE FUTURE POLITICAL LANDSCAPE
MODERATOR:
Ernest J. Wilson III, dean and Walter Annenberg Chair in Communication, Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Southern California
PANELISTS:
Michael J. Copps, commissioner, Federal Communications Commission
Charlayne Hunter-Gault, broadcast journalist, former CNN bureau chief, and chief national correspondent, The Newshour with Jim Lehrer
Josh Marshall, publisher of Talking Points Memo, TPMmuckraker, TPM Election Central and TPMCafe
Alessandra Stanley, television critic and former Moscow-bureau co-chief, The New York Times
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