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This is the tentative workshop listing for the "Through the Looking Glass" event. This is not a complete listing of events and it could be changed or updated at any time.

What's the Reel Story?

Workshop Facilitator - Dr. Liz Henry
  • What are movies and television trying to tell us?
  • Is it real or is it Hollywood?
  • Do we have positive female characters on screen, large and small, today?
  • Just how real is reality TV?

What Are They Trying to Sell Us? / Do You Buy That?

Workshop Facilitator - Sian C. Millard
  • Television and movie commercials – are they selling a product or an image?
  • The real message of television commercials
  • Print media/magazines

Taking a Bite Out of Twilight

Workshop Facilitator - Juli Harpell-Elam

  • From print media to the Big Screen – Hold up a mirror to Edward Cullen and Bella Swan – is their relationship really as perfect as everyone thinks?
  • Relational Aggression

Social Networking

Workshop Facilitator - Detective I. Michele Goncalves
  • What’s UR Status?
  • Social networking, does it work for you, and when is shared information too much information?

Beyond Visual Media

  • Can You Believe Your Ears?
  • What do the lyrics mean or imply? What messages are they hiding behind the sound?

News Media

  • What’s the 411?
  • How do you get your news and information? Can you believe everything you read and hear?

Panel Discussion

  • Successful women share how they did not let the media stereotype them as they grew up