{"656946":{"#nid":"656946","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Superhero Movies and the State: Understanding the \u201cMarvel\u201dous  Government-Entertainment Complex","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETricia Jenkins, professor of film, television, and digital media at Texas Christian University, will be giving a lecture as part of the Sam Flax Lecture Series on Public Policy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThis talk will explore the movies of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to illustrate how Hollywood\u0026nbsp;works with various government agencies to affect public policy and influence public opinion.\u0026nbsp; Movies will include\u0026nbsp;\u003Cem\u003EThe Avengers, Captain Marvel, Black Panther, Iron Man\u003C\/em\u003E\u0026nbsp;and others, while the government agencies addressed will\u0026nbsp;include the Department of Defense, the Science and Entertainment Exchange, the Central Intelligence Agency and NASA.\u0026nbsp;Attendees will learn just how deep U.S. government influence in the world\u0026rsquo;s most popular entertainment franchise runs and how those franchises, in turn, help the U.S. government achieve a myriad of its own agendas.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gatech.zoom.us\/j\/91278338640?pwd=V2Q1QStCcU9SK3luYnN0dG5nYmVyQT09\u0022\u003EZoom link\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ETricia Jenkins of Texas Christian University will be giving this talk as part of the Sam Flax Lecture Series on Public Policy.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Tricia Jenkins of Texas Christian University will be giving this talk as part of the Sam Flax Lecture Series on Public Policy."}],"uid":"34946","created_gmt":"2022-04-01 20:37:41","changed_gmt":"2022-04-08 19:37:41","author":"gwyner3","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2022-04-12T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2022-04-12T13:30:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2022-04-12T13:30:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2022-04-12 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2022-04-12 17:30:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2022-04-12 17:30:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1289","name":"School of Public Policy"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"168339","name":"marvel"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"177814","name":"Postdoc"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gwyner3@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGrace Wyner\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECommunications Officer\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ESchool of Public Policy | Sam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}