Extension - Media Narratives That Shape Rural Places
Media Narratives That Shape Rural Places
July 19, 2023 at NOON Promoting Innovation Virtual Idea Symposium
Links to session resources and to the session recording are below.
Presenter:
Ivy Brashear, PhD student in Communication at the University of Kentucky and graduate of the University of Kentucky’s Community and Leadership Development Master’s Program
Host:
Julie N. Zimmerman, PhD, University of Kentucky Milton Coughenour Professor of Rural Sociology, Community and Leadership Development
Ivy Brashear, a fifth-generation Appalachian, will discuss the news media’s shaping and reinforcement of narratives about rural places that are often rooted in stereotypes and misconceptions that flatten the varied cultural, social and political experiences that make those places incredibly complex. She covers this phenomenon and what can be done about it through the lens of Appalachia and Eastern Kentucky—a place much maligned and misunderstood in the news media.
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