Compassion Fatigue: How the Media Sell Disease, Famine, War, and Death

Open to the Public

Date: Thu, Jan 28, 1999 Time: 12:00pm - 02:00pm

Millions of lives around the globe have suffered epic upheavals in the late twentieth century, but Americans seem to pay little attention. Professor Moeller blames "compassion fatigue," a modern-day syndrome caused and fostered by sensationalist media. In this brown bag lunch, she will discuss how stereotyped and formulaic media coverage and the tyranny of the bottom-line hunt for profits have contributed to the public?s lack of interest in international news.