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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, 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...
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, 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, War, Defense & Security,
Who Were the Saigon Correspondents and Does It Matter?
January 1, 2000
A paper by William M. Hammond, spring 1999 fellow, investigates the mystery of the Saigon correspondents. Opinions about who the correspondents were have...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Portraying American Public Opinion toward the Bosnia Crisis (abstract)
January 1, 1998
Richard Sobel, fall 1996 fellow, compares the disparity between public support for intervention in Bosnia as expressed in polls, and the limited reporting...
International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Press Freedom, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Ijambo: Speaking Truth amidst Genocide
January 1, 1998
Alexis Sinduhije, fall 1997 fellow, writes about the harrowing experience of practicing journalism in central Africa during the Rwandan Genocide. From...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
The Spokesperson — In the Crossfire: A Decade of Israeli Defense Crises from an Official Spokesperson’s Perspective
January 1, 1998
A paper by Nachman Shai, fall 1996 fellow, builds a case for the proposition that “truth” rather than “spin” is the basis of effective public information...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Prepared for War, Ready for Peace?: Paramilitaries, Politics, and the Press in Northern Ireland
January 1, 1998
A paper by Tim Cooke, spring 1998 fellow, examines the role of the news media in societies affected by violent conflict, in particular, Northern Ireland....
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Spreading the Word: The KGB’s Image-Building Under Gorbachev
January 1, 1997
A paper by Jeff Trimble, fall 1991 fellow, analyzes how the Russian KGB dramatically transformed its image over time. The KGB, under different sets of...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Clarifying the CNN Effect: An Examination of Media Effects According to Type of Military Intervention
January 1, 1997
A paper by Steven Livingston, spring 1996 fellow, examines the “CNN effect,” or the concept that global, real-time media affects the conduct of U.S. diplomacy...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Shoah in the News: Patterns and Meanings of News Coverage of the Holocaust
January 1, 1997
A paper by James Carroll, spring 1997 fellow, examines press coverage of the Holocaust between l995-1997. More than 600 stories appeared in The New York...
Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
The Next War: Live?
January 1, 1996
A paper by Barrie Dunsmore, fall 1995 fellow, explores the questions that arise from the possibility of live television coverage from the battlefield....
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Real-Time Television Coverage of Armed Conflicts and Diplomatic Crises: Does It Pressure or Distort Foreign Policy Decisions?
January 1, 1994
A paper by Nik Gowing, spring 1994 fellow, challenges the idea that real-time television coverage of armed conflicts impact foreign policy decisions. Conventional...
Citizen Action & Interest Groups, International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
The Role of the News Media in Unequal Political Conflicts: From the Intifada to the Gulf War and Back Again
June 1, 1993
A paper by Gadi Wolfsfeld, fall 1992 fellow, develops and applies a theoretical model to analyze the role of the news media in political conflicts, particularly...
International Affairs, Papers, Policy & Issues, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
When Policy Fails: How the Buck Was Passed When Kuwait Was Invaded
December 1, 1992
A paper by Bernard Roshco, spring 1992 fellow, analyzes the failures of the Bush administration’s policies toward Iraq prior to the invasion of Kuwait...
Government Institutions, International Affairs, News Business & Practice, Papers, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Press Freedom, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Two Commanders-in-Chief: Free Expression’s Most Severe Test
August 1, 1992
A paper by Betty Houchin Winfield, spring 1991 fellow, examines free speech and press freedom in the U.S. during wartime. If wartime governments are more...
Citizen Action & Interest Groups, International Affairs, Journalistic Practice, News Business & Practice, Policy & Issues, Politics & Government, Publications, War, Defense & Security,
Turmoil at Tiananmen: A Study of U.S. Press Coverage of the Beijing Spring of 1989
June 1, 1992
This report by the Shorenstein Center explores the U.S. media coverage of the 1989 Beijing Spring. Although the U.S. was not directly involved in the events...
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