Policy & Issues Publications

International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications,
New Europe’s Civil Society, Democracy and the Media Thirteen Years After: The Story of the Czech Republic
January 1, 2004
A paper by Tomáš P. Klvaňa, fall 2003 fellow, argues that the Czech Republic’s democracy is underperforming, and Czech media are a significant contributor...
Government Institutions, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Covering the CIA in Times of Crisis: Obstacles and Strategies
January 1, 2004
A paper by Ted Gup, fall 2003 fellow, examines how the U.S. press fared in covering the intelligence community before and after two catastrophic intelligence...
Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
U.S. Government Secrecy and the Current Crackdown on Leaks
January 1, 2003
A paper by Jack Nelson, fall 2002 fellow (deceased), explores the relationship between the government and the press regarding the contentious issue of...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
Misunderstanding Each Other
January 1, 2003
A paper by Richard Lambert, fall 2002 fellow, explores U.S. – Europe relations through the lens of the media. The early 2000s saw a change of tone in the...
Business & Economics, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
Media Coverage of Corporate Social Responsibility
January 1, 2003
A paper by James T. Hamilton, fall 2002 Kalb Chair on Global Communications, explores the factors shaping media coverage of corporate social responsibility...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
Redefining Foreign Correspondence
January 1, 2003
A paper by John Maxwell Hamilton, fall 2002 fellow, and Eric Jenner, examines the changing nature of foreign correspondence. Significant declines in the...
International Affairs, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
Dialectical Spaces in the Global Public Sphere: Media Memories across Generations.
January 1, 2003
Ingrid Volkmer, spring 2002 fellow, argues that the spread of international news channels has created “imagined communities,” which affect political alliances,...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
While America Slept: Coverage of Terrorism from 1993 to September 11, 2001
January 1, 2002
A paper by Matthew V. Storin, spring 2002 fellow, considers whether American news outlets utterly failed to prepare the public for the trauma of 9/11,...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Covering September 11 and Its Consequences: A Comparative Study of the Press in America, India and Pakistan
January 1, 2002
A paper by Ramindar Singh, fall 2001 fellow, analyzes how the press in the U.S. responded to the need to understand and report on the terrorist attacks...
International Affairs, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
A Hierarchy of Innocence: The Media’s Use of Children in the Telling of International News
January 1, 2002
A paper by Susan D. Moeller, spring 2000 fellow, examines the media’s use of imagery of children in news stories about conflict. Moeller argues that the...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications, Race & Gender,
The Race Issue in Australia’s 2001 Election: A Creation of Politicians or the Press?
January 1, 2002
A paper by Paul Kelly, spring 2002 fellow, tells the story of the Tampa, of Australia’s new and punitive refugee policy in 2001, of the reaction and role...
Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
The War on Terrorism Goes Online: Media and Government Response to First Post-Internet Crisis
January 1, 2002
A paper by Andrew J. Glass, fall 2001 fellow, investigates the multifaceted role that the Internet played in the initial phases of the campaign against...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
The Global News Networks and U.S. Policymaking in Defense and Foreign Affairs
January 1, 2002
A paper by Eytan Gilboa, spring 2002 fellow, investigates the effects of global television news on the formulation and implementation of foreign policy....
Domestic Affairs, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
Age in the Press
January 1, 2002
A paper by Hans Bergstrom, spring 2001 fellow, asks whether, in the face of an aging population, the print media is taking due notice? An aging society,...
Policy & Issues, Publications, Race & Gender,
The American Media and Race Relations in an Interdependent World: A Report on the Shorenstein Center Conference on Race and the Press
June 28, 2001
On June 28, 2001, the Shorenstein Center sponsored a conference in Washington, DC on race and the press. The objective of the conference was to examine...
Campaigns, Elections & Parties, Domestic Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications, Race & Gender,
No Seat at the Table: The Black-White Appearance Gap in the Election 2000 Story
January 1, 2001
A paper by Deborah Mathis, fall 2000-spring 2001 fellow, examines racial diversity in the media coverage after the Bush-Gore election in 2000. Between...
Business & Economics, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications,
The Business Media and the New Economy
January 1, 2001
A paper by Jeff Madrick, spring 2001 fellow, argues that the media, entranced with the economic idea of “the new economy” in the 1990s, missed other important...
Business & Economics, Citizen Action & Interest Groups, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications,
Strategic Public Relations, Sweatshops, and the Making of a Global Movement
January 1, 2000
A paper by B.J. Bullert, fall 1999 fellow, examines communication tactics used by activists against multinational corporations. The 1999 World Trade Organization...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Speechwriting, Speechmaking, and the Press: The Kennedy Administration and the Bay of Pigs
January 1, 2000
A paper by Thomas W. Benson, spring 1999 fellow, follows the construction of presidential leadership through public rhetoric, including the authorship...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, Race & Gender,
A Voyage Never Ended
January 1, 2000
A paper by Alexis Sinduhije, fall 1997 fellow, explores the distance between African-Americans and Africans. Sinduhije asks: what do African-Americans...
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