If you had ten minutes to stand before the United Nations to talk about the role of the media in building a peaceful world, how would you begin? What would you say? What concrete recommendations would you make?
Well, our very own Michael Nagler was there on September 9, 2015 to speak at the High Level Forum for the Culture of Peace, and well, he took 15…
He began with this powerful fact: radiation and the mass media were born on the same day. Two powerful forces that could have been or still could be used toward violence and degradation or prosperity and collective dignity.
And he used that time to discuss the effects of media on the human image and the duty, and really, the promise of the media to raise that image.
Listen to a recording of this talk here
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By: Stephanie Van Hook
Stephanie Van Hook is Executive Director of the Metta Center for Nonviolence.
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