An Irish march from past to future
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A picture of Irish civil rights protesters in Belfast in 1968 features a placard with the sign 'Reform Now Violence Never.' The protesters were part of a civil rights alliance, many of whose members were students or recent college graduates. They were committed to reform by peaceful mass protest and the photograph is a reminder of a time when anything seemed possible. Within a year after the picture was taken, British troops were sent to Northern Ireland to keep Catholics and Protestants apart and an eruption of violence was to begin that was to last for 30 years and claim many lives.
Publication Name: Media Studies Journal
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 1057-7416
Year: 1998
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A generational divide at Columbia
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A 1968 sit-in protest by 300 Columbia University students who barricaded the college dean's office was to eventually have a much greater impact for the press who covered the incident and for the protesters. Because it was the first major campus protest in the US focused primarily against the Vietnam War, it made for big news, was to represent a turning point in the anti-war movement into a more confrontational style of politics, and was to mark the demand by students for a bigger role in college management and a demand for a bigger role for colleges in pertinent issues of the day.
Publication Name: Media Studies Journal
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 1057-7416
Year: 1998
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Frozen defiance
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A photo of several Columbia University students barricading the office of the university president makes a very clear visual statement. Each detail of the photo embodies the protesters' challenge to recognized institutional authority. The image captures the energy of student activism or the arrogance of youthful protest depending on one's viewpoint. The picture simplifies an understanding of the student protest movement by capturing it shortly before it crashed.
Publication Name: Media Studies Journal
Subject: Mass communications
ISSN: 1057-7416
Year: 1998
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