Going all year round. Its a pleasure to have you. If youre not yet a member, if youre curious about our membership levels or programs, please feel free to talk to me or any of our lovely volunteers just outside the doors. You can pick up a copy of the magazine if you dont have one already and find us online. Just as a quick reminder briefly, take a moment to silence any mobile devices or your cell phones. Always good to double, triple check, especially because we have cspan in the house tonight. Your ring tone will be saved in perpetuity. Just an additional note, our exits, generally we have one in the back and one to your right. Today, please just use the right side door. You may have noticed, we have a lot going on in the center today and that back door is blocked. Use this door to your right as you exit. I think thats all the announcements i have for you. Again, thank you to cspan for being here today. Finally let me tell you about our guest today. Jonathan rosenberg. Jonathan teach
Politics and music in the first half of the 20th century. He describes how music can be a tool of outreach and xenophobia, depending on the Political Climate of the era. Good afternoon. Hello, everyone. Im amanda shondra. Its my pleasure to welcome you here today for Classical Music and American Foreign relations, a complicated duet. Thank you to our members. Its your support that keeps us going. Thank you so much. Were going deep into the december before the holidays. Its a pleasure to have you. If you are not yet a member, if you are curious about our membership levels or programs, talk to me or any of our volunteers just outside the doors. You can pick up a copy of the magazine if you dont have one already. Find us online at smithsonianassociates. Org. Please take a moment to silence any mobile devices or your cellstonecel cellphones. Good to doublecheck because we have cspan in the house. Your ring tone will be saved. Thank you. Just an additional note. Our exits we have one in the
Going all yearround. Thank you for going deep into the december before the holidays. Its a pleasure to have you. If you are curious about our membership programs, feel free to talk to me or any of our volunteers. You can also pick up a copy of the magazine if you dont have it already and find us online at smithsonianassociates. Org. Just as a quick reminder, please take a moment to please silence any mobile devices or your cell phones, whatever you have with you. Always good to double or triple check, especially because we have cspan in the house tonight. Your ring tone will be saved in perpetuity. [laughter] thank you. Just an additional note. Generally we have exits in the back and one to your right. Today, please just use the right side door. You may have noticed we have a lot going on in the Ripley Center tonight and the backdoor is blocked. For your safety and others, use this door to your right as you exit. I think thats all the announcements i have for you, and again, thank you
Amanda good afternoon. Hello, everyone. I am amanda sciandra. On behalf of smithsonian associates, it is my pleasure to welcome you here today for Classical Music and American Foreign relations, the complicated duet. Thank you to our members. It is your support that keeps us going all yearround. Thank you so much for going deep into the december before the holidays. Its a pleasure to have you. If you are not yet a member if , you are curious about our membership levels or programs, feel free to talk to me or any of our lovely volunteers outside the doors. You can also pick up a copy of the magazine if you dont have it already and find us online at smithsonianassociates. Org. Just as a quick reminder, please take a moment to please silence any mobile devices or your cell phones, whatever you have with you. Always good to double or triple check, especially because we have cspan in the house tonight. Your ring tone will be saved in perpetuity. [laughter] thank you. Just an additional note
Towson university is in maryland. This class is just under two hours. Are going to talk today on our subject of White House Communications operations, which is the name of our course. Today we are going to look at a question of when reporters came to the white house and how they did. And it makes a difference, whether it was simply reporters came to the white house because an individual president was interested in bringing the men them in, or whether it was institutional forces bringing them there. At the same time we will be discussing this, we will be looking at a research question. Ago, i had read about a reporter who was generally thought of as the beingwhite house reporter brought into the white house by Theodore Roosevelt. He was standing in the rain. Roosevelt brought him into the white house and said, poor guy, standing out there. Lets bring the reporters in and give them a room. The thing that bothered me about that story was, i just did not believe that was the way reporters