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Mills to present 'Brit's Perspective' on television
March 3, 2005 | |||||
KOKOMO, Ind.—The populations of Great Britain and the United States have been called people separated by an ocean and a common language. On Monday, March 21, Brett Mills, Ph.D., comes to IU Kokomo to discuss a third point of separation-television. Titled “A Brit's Perspective,” Mill's presentation runs from 2:30–4 p.m. in Kelley Student Center, Room 130. Admission is free and open to the public.
The publicly funded British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) provides radio and television news, education, and entertainment as a government service, whereas American television largely runs as a free market. “You can't understand British identity unless you understand the BBC,” Mills said. His lecture will contrast U.S. and British news, comedies, television schedules and legislation, and “broadcasting as a social phenomenon overall.” Mills is a lecturer in media and cultural studies at the University of Glamorgan, Wales. He graduated from Canterbury Christ Church College in 1994, and completed his Ph.D. on television sitcoms at the University of Kent, Canterbury in 1997. His university teaching has covered consumer culture, animation, race and gender considerations in media, and the British and American viewpoints on the 2004 U. S. Presidential election. Mills is one of several guest speakers invited to IU Kokomo as part of the American Democracy Project (ADP). ADP is a national, multi-campus initiative that seeks to offer undergraduates an intellectual and experiential understanding of citizen education. ADP activities will take place on campus through spring 2006. To see a full schedule of activities for spring 2005, visit www.iuk.edu/adp. Visitors without an IU vehicle pass may park free, for this event only, on the lower level of the campus parking garage.
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