If there has ever been a time to explore the power of the media to inform, to influence, and to be a powerful force for shaping public opinion, it is this year during a history-making presidential election process.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Never has it been more important to better understand the role media plays in our lives and in helping to shape the events of our time.

Media, across all sectors from print to Internet, has become the Public Square, and at The Paley Center for Media, we are convening the conversations, forums, and programs to explore how an ever-evolving and evermore important power of media impacts us as individual media consumers and as citizens. At the Paley Center we also celebrate media as entertainment, and by bringing together the best of television and radio's actors, directors, producers, executives, and the most innovative talents from the new media space, we offer media enthusiasts and fans rare and compelling insights to the creative process...as well as the opportunity to meet and interact with the talent defining popular culture today...not just here in the U.S. but from around the world. Today's media scene is dynamic and global, and The Paley Center for Media is your "smart" and entertaining guide through it all, with our public programs, our website (paleycenter.org), and, of course, our unparalleled collection of 140,000 programs, representing the largest public archive of media.

Come visit the centers in New York and Los Angeles, become a member to help us sustain our value to the media industry and consumers, and join us for the special evenings described on this website.

Pat Mitchell
President & CEO
The Paley Center for Media