Telenovelas, a Looking Glass into Media, Culture, and Society in the Americas

There are stories that are addictive. In particular, there are some that constitute a pandemic transmitted daily via the television screens of more than 130 countries. These serialized dramas are called telenovelas. The simplicity of their codes belies the complexity of their production, consumption and regulation, and their potential to convey information and elicit reflection in their audiences. Furthermore, the engagement of these melodramas with reality, makes them ideal sites to study the links between media, culture and society.

Dr. Carolina Acosta-Alzuru is Associate Professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia. Her scholarship focuses on the links between media, culture and society, and bridges the disciplines of cultural studies and international media studies as she examines media texts, their production and reception. She is the author of the books Venezuela es una Telenovela (2007), La Incandescencia de las Cosas: Conversaciones con Leonardo Padrón (2013) and Telenovela Adentro (2015). Carolina encompasses wisdom, knowledge and sensibility not only about her subject but also of Latin American societies, in particular her native Venezuela, and she will be casting light on how the telenovela genre and society mirror and reveal one another. Please join us in this enriching and delightful talk!

Light refreshments will be served. Please plan on arriving by 6:15 pm for networking and refreshments!
Parking:

Parking deck underneath our building is accessible from 14th, 15th and Peachtree Streets. Please park on RED or GOLD levels in the Colony Square parking garage below the building and bring parking ticket for validation at the Cultural Centers.