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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. -
Communication Patterns in Presidential Primaries 1912-2000: Knowing the Rules of the Game
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 1998-06)Instituted as a sweeping reform in American politics, the presidential primaries were conceived in passionate democratic debate. Arguing that “the power to nominate is more important than the power to elect” (Eaton, 1912, ... -
Confusion, Contradiction and Irony: The Iraqi Media in 2010
(2010)After the fall of Baghdad on April 9, 2003, Iraq’s news media environment transformed almost overnight from the tightly controlled propaganda arm of Saddam Hussein’s rule into one of the most diverse and unrestricted news ... -
The Content of Reports on U.S. Newspaper Internet Sites
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2002)Moving newspaper content onto the Internet has not, in itself, changed what journalists write. In many ways, the who, what, when, where, why, and how of news stories continue to evolve in ways that enhance the professional ... -
Covering Controversial Science: Improving Reporting on Science and Public Policy
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2006)As the pace of new developments in science and technology quickens, journalists are increasingly confronted with covering complicated technical information as well as the potential social, legal, religious, and political ... -
Covering Crime in Washington, D.C.: Examining the Nature of Local Television News Coverage of Crime and its Effect on Emotional Response
(Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy, 2006)This paper examines the nature of local television news coverage of crime and its effects on emotional response. Specifically, I present the results of a content analysis of two months of local television news coverage of ...