Appendix B - TIF Video Productions

Herbert W. Simons
Emeritus Professor of Communication, Temple University

TIF Video Productions

Higher Education and the City: Highlights of the TIF Mayoral Forum and Conference, Oct. 7, 1999 (4 ½ minutes)
“Blame the Professor?” An examination of the causes of students’ political alienation, drawing on student responses to the TIF Mayoral Forum as a case study. (12 minutes).
“Bombings and Beyond”: Highlights of TIF’s all day forum, held just two days after the terrorist attacks. (22 minutes). Features discussions of media coverage, treatment of Arabs and Muslims in the U.S., Response options, role of the university, permissible dissent, student-faculty dialogue.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

• Introduction

• Temple Issues Forum

• Mission

• Issue Selection and Treatment

• Building Attendance

• WHYY and Community Outreach

• Event Planning and Execution

• TIF Post 9/11

• Administration and Budgeting

• TIF Debate and Discussion Club

• Temple Debate Team

• PDD in Process

• John Dewey Lives

• The Importance of "Getting Real"

• Exporting TIF, Extending TIF

• Exporting to the Basic TIF Model

• Exporting TIF D&D

• Making Broadcast, Internet, and Video Connections

• Reaching Other Student Populations

• Teaching Public Discussion, Studying Public Discussion

• Concluding Comments

• References

• Appendix A - TIF Forum Events

• Appendix B - TIF Video Productions

• Appendix C - TIF D&D: Forum Events and Hearings

SELECTED WRITINGS