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From VietNet to VietNam Net: Ten Years of Electronic Media in Vietnam

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A paper by Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, fall 2007 fellow, tells the story VietNamNet, Vietnam’s most popular online media outlet and one of the country’s most respected news publications. Although private news outlets are not yet legal—all newspapers are controlled by state organizations—the Vietnamese press has become increasingly vibrant and politically influential. VietNamNet has been reporting […]

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The Road to Wikipolitics: Life and Death of the Modern Presidential Primary, b. 1968 – d. 2008

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A paper by Tom Fiedler, fall 2007 fellow, considers whether the structure of the presidential primary – which includes special treatment of Iowa, New Hampshire and, lately, Nevada and South Carolina, is in decline. Fiedler argues that this change also coincides with the loss of control that political parties have experienced in recent elections, and the

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Character and the Primaries of 2008: What Were the Media Master Narratives about the Candidates During the Primary Season?

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A report by the Shorenstein Center and the Project for Excellence in Journalism analyzes positive and negative press coverage of presidential candidates Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain. The study first examines the dominant personal narratives about the candidates in the media during the heat of the primary season. The most prominent negative theme

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Journalism without Journalists: Vision or Caricature?

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A paper by Michael Maier, spring 2007 fellow, examines various forms of citizen journalism taking place at traditional media outlets. The paper includes projects by The Los Angeles Times in 2005; a model developed by Bill Kovach, the former Washington bureau chief of The New York Times, that was tested in the newsrooms of the

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Women and News: Expanding the News Audience, Increasing Political Participation, and Informing Citizens

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This Shorenstein Center report includes transcripts from a conference sponsored by the Shorenstein Center, featuring keynote speeches from Arianna Huffington, founder of the Huffington Post and Ellen Goodman, author and journalist, as well as research on women’s engagement with political news by Shauna Shames of Rutgers University and Marion Just of Wellesley College. Download the

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Mainstream Newspaper Coverage: A Barometer of Government Tolerance for Anti-Regime Expression in Authoritarian Brazil

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A paper by Elizabeth A. Stein, spring 2007 fellow, evaluates the theory that in authoritarian regimes, leaders of civil society follow the mainstream press not so much for the specific information it provides, but rather as a barometer for the government’s tolerance for opposition activities or to gauge the government’s ability to quash such activities.

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The Invisible Primary — Invisible No Longer: A First Look at Coverage of the 2008 Presidential Campaign

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This study by the Shorenstein Center and the Project for Excellence in Journalism found that in the early months of the 2008 presidential campaign, the media had already winnowed the race to mostly five candidates and offered Americans relatively little information about their records or what they would do if elected. The press also gave

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The Growing Importance of Nonprofit Journalism

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A paper by Charles Lewis, spring 2006 fellow, argues that despite the growing audience for non-profit news outlets such as NPR, there are few such organizations that have a sustained commitment to investigative reporting. This paper discusses four nonprofit investigative journalism organizations on three continents dedicated solely to publishing investigative content: the largest in the

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Secrets about Secrets: The Backstage Conversations between Press and Government

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A paper by Allan M. Siegal, fall 2006 fellow, argues that while mainstream journalists almost uniformly advocate self-restraint on sensitive intelligence and military secrets, press and government are clearly unable to agree on definitions of “sensitive.” This paper examines vetting arrangements described by journalists and capsule case histories of both agreement and refusal to withhold

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Foreign News Coverage: The U.S. Media’s Undervalued Asset

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A paper by Jill Carroll, fall 2006 fellow, argues that media companies that cut back on foreign bureaus and correspondents are making a financial miscalculation and missing an opportunity to capitalize on an undervalued asset. High-quality foreign news coverage is in demand by readers and viewers, particularly by middle-aged, upper income consumers – an attractive

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The Israeli-Hezbollah War of 2006: The Media as a Weapon in Asymmetrical Conflict

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A paper by Marvin Kalb, Edward R. Murrow Professor of Practice Emeritus, follows the trajectory of the media from objective observer to fiery advocate in the Israeli-Hezbollah War, based on content analysis of global media and interviews with many diplomats and journalists. The paper also shows how an open society, Israel, is victimized by its

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What Will Become of Newspapers?

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A speech delivered by John S. Carroll, Knight Visiting Lecturer 2005-2006 (deceased), at the 2006 meeting of the American Society of Newspaper Editors addresses the technological changes facing the news industry, but more importantly, a conflict between the business and editorial sides of newspapers. Carroll discusses new models of ownership, and the problems that can

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The Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy is a Harvard Kennedy School research center dedicated to exploring and illuminating the intersection of press, politics and public policy in theory and practice. The Center strives to bridge the gap between journalists and scholars, and between them and the public.

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