This two-day symposium explores Latinx audiences and their reception of US and Latin American media.Two guest scholars of Latinx Media Studies and two PhD Candidates (from SAC and American Culture) will participate in the panel presentations.
March 16 - 11:30 a.m. -- Jillian Báez (College of Staten Island) "Consuming Latinas: Latina Audiences and Citizenship" AND Richard Mwakasege-Minaya (SAC) "The Cuban Exile Campaign: Media Reception & Cold War Documentaries"
March 17 - 11:30 a.m. -- Isabel Molina-Guzmán (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) “'East Los High' and the Digital Centering of Chicana/Latina Audiences" AND Orquidea Morales (American Culture) "Vampires and Narcos: A Case Study of Border Audiences"