MURFREESBORO — The
next edition of the “MTSU On the Record” program will try to unravel the
reasons the mass media do what they do and why people respond to media as they
do.
Host Gina Logue’s interview with Dr. Bob Pondillo, a
professor of mass media and American culture at MTSU, will air from 5:30 to 6
p.m. Monday, March 17, and from 8 to 8:30 a.m. Sunday, March 23, on WMOT-FM
(89.5 and www.wmot.org).
Pondillo is the editor of “American Media and Social
Institutions,” a collection of insightful writings about the media designed for
use as a college textbook, although it is accessible for a general readership.
The book’s entries take a closer look at news, love songs,
telegraphy, movies, advertising, public relations and the Internet with an
emphasis on ideology and the interaction between media and society.
“A central construction in cultural theory says meaning is
made at the intersection of text and reader,” said Pondillo. “The producer of
the message no longer holds a privileged position as to what it means.”
To listen to previous “MTSU On the Record” programs, go to
the “Audio Clips” archives at http://www.mtsunews.com.
For more information, contact Logue at 615-898-5081 or
WMOT-FM at 615-898-2800.
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