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Age in the Press
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2002)Our world, and those of us who live in it, are getting older. With a worldwide demographic transformation toward “an aging society” before us, new issues and thus new stories evolve that warrant widespread media coverage. ... -
“All Successful Democracies Need Freedom of Speech”: American Efforts to Create a Vibrant Free Press in Iraq and Afghanistan
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2005)Over the last three years, the United States government has spent 215 million dollars on a sweeping effort to try to create a vibrant free press in Iraq and Afghanistan. The drive is part of President George W. Bush’s ... -
The American Media and Race Relations in an Interdependent World: A Report on the Shorenstein Center Conference on Race and the Press
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2001)The Shorenstein Center’s Conference on Race and the Press offered a timely and searching exploration of issues currently receiving scrutiny by scholars, journalists and increasingly, the citizenry at large. Featuring ... -
The American Pattern of Freedom of the Press: A Model to Follow?
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 1992-08)The following discussion paper is an ideal example of this approach. This paper was written by Santiago Sanchez Gonzalez, Professor of Law at the University of Madrid and former Dean of the Faculty of Law at that university, ... -
Anatomy of a Secret
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2012-06)When the Bush administration came into office, it was generally considered that domestic spying was off limits for the CIA and the National Security Agency (NSA), the ultra-secret agency tasked with electronic eavesdropping. ... -
Ants at the Picnic: A Status Report on News Coverage of State Government
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2010-06)I borrowed a wonderful quote from Ross Ramsey, managing editor of the Texas Tribune, for the title of this Discussion Paper. His is one of the more interesting Internet start‐ups focusing on news coverage of state government. ... -
Are America and "Old Europe" Reconciled After the War in Iraq, and Does it Matter?: An Examination of US and European Reporting of the Outcome of the Presidential Election
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2005)Has the most important election in living memory left the transatlantic alliance stronger or shattered? As the votes were cast a European spectator could only hope that the outright winner would be America. The victor will ... -
Army Manpower and the War on Terror
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2006)Army manpower is a key factor in the military’s ability to fight the War on Terror, which includes sustaining the combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Yet manpower is a subject that is often misunderstood and misreported. ... -
Beyond News: The Case for Wisdom Journalism
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2009-06)Recent waves of technological change and economic contraction have left traditional news organizations floundering. Most are cutting back — often drastically. Some will fold. One particularly chilling result is that the ... -
The Business Media and the New Economy
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2001-12)The evidence presented in this paper will show that the mythology of the new economy reached unusual heights, even by modern standards. The media correctly and often insightfully reported on a variety of important changes ... -
The Business of Getting “The Get”: Nailing an Exclusive Interview in Prime Time
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 1998-04)In “The Business of Getting ‘The Get’,” TV news veteran Connie Chung has given us a dramatic— and powerfully informative—insider’s account of a driving, indeed sometimes defining, force in modern television news: the ... -
Busted by the Ad Police: Journalists' Coverage of Political Campaign Ads in the 1992 Presidential Campaign
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 1995-07)Adwatch attempts both to refute any false claims made by a candidate and to deconstruct an advertisement’s peripheral cues. This is an attempt to encourage voters to evaluate the substance of a persuasive message and reduce ... -
The Campaign Casino: Elections Have Become a Get-Rich-Quick Scheme, and the Press Is Missing the Story
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2014)The 2012 campaign cycle was “the greatest windfall” for political operatives in American history, Democratic consultant Hank Sheinkopf has said—a 6 billion dollar spending frenzy unmatched in U.S. politics. [i] So who ... -
Can Nonprofits Save Journalism? Legal Constraints and Opportunities
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2009-10)Is nonprofit, tax-exempt status the answer to newspaper industry woes? Marion Fremont-Smith’s paper takes a fresh look at legal precedent and IRS rulings to argue that it is possible under current conditions for daily ... -
The Challenges of Democratizing News and Information: Examining Data on Social Media, Viral Patterns and Digital Influence
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2014)The advent of social media and peer-to-peer technologies offers the possibility of driving the full democratization of news and information, undercutting the agenda-setting of large media outlets and their relative control ... -
Changes in Media Polling in Recent Presidential Campaigns: Moving from Good to “Average” at CNN
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2009-06)Political coverage generally, and campaign coverage in particular, form a central part of the news in the United States. One reason is the important role of elections in our democratic system of governance, a combination ... -
Changing Lanes on the Inside Track: The Career Shuttle Between Journalism, Politics and Government
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 1991-05)The results of this inquiry reveal that the volume of traffic between journalism and government, or politics, is heavy throughout the country. The dilemmas facing such career changers, and the clear pattern which describes ... -
The Church, The Press and Abortion: Catholic Leadership and Public Communication
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 1991-12)The abortion issue currently exercising the minds and emotions of many Americans is one of the more disturbing moral and political questions of recent U.S. history. This paper addresses the interrelationship of the Catholic ... -
Clarifying The CNN Effect: An Examination of Media Effects According to Type of Military Intervention
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 1997-06)In recent years, observers of international affairs have raised the concern that media have expanded their ability to affect the conduct of U.S. diplomacy and foreign policy. Dubbed the “CNN effect” (or “CNN curve” or “CNN ... -
Climate emergencies do not justify engineering the climate
(Nature Publishing Group, 2015)Current climate engineering proposals do not come close to addressing the complex and contested nature of conceivable ‘climate emergencies’ resulting from unabated greenhouse gas emissions.