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NOVEMBER, 2004

MAX 2004
New Orleans
November 1-4

Over 90 unique sessions in two formats workshop sessions that follow a lecture format, and hands-on sessions in which attendees pair up on computers for an interactive learning experience. For more information: Experience Max 2004.

Persuasion Industries.
PBS
National air date/time
November 9, 9-10pm ET

FRONTLINE takes an in-depth look at the "persuasion industries" - advertising and public relations. To cut through mass-media clutter and to overcome consumers' growing resistance to their pitches, marketers have developed new ways of integrating their messages deeper into the fabric of our lives, using sophisticated market research techniques to better understand consumers, and turning increasingly to the little-understood techniques of public relations to make sure their messages come from sources we trust. A documentary essay, "The Persuaders" also explores how the culture of marketing has come to shape the way Americans understand the world and themselves, and how the techniques of the persuasion industries have migrated to politics, shaping the way our leaders formulate policy, influence public opinion, make decisions and stay in power.

Future Events:

National Media Education Conference
June 25-28, 2005 - San Francisco, CA,
NMEC 2005 Program "Giving Voice to a Diverse Nation"
Sponsored by the Alliance for a Media Literate America, www.amlainfo.org.

ON GOING EVENTS

DIVA Presents 2nd Friday Film Forum. The Downtown Initiative for the Visual Arts (DIVA) offers a monthly showing of independent films on the second friday of each month. Schedule: November, Youthvisions - local Eugene kids produced short videos, and December, Open Lens -a chance for filmmakers to screen their short films and videos (see next item). All programs begin at 8:00 PM. DIVA is located at 110 West Broadway in Eugene. Web site: www.divanow.org.