Media's Role in the Public Perception of National Security

Event Ideas

The following is a list of resources that may be used for chapter meetings and events. Ideas range from book clubs to movie nights and from roundtable discussions to large events.

Movies

• 15 Minutes

• Fahrenheit 9/11

• The Sum of All Fears

• Trial by Media

• 20th Century with Mike Wallace – Violence in the Media
  
  

Suggested Speakers

• Lt. Gen. Michael V. Hayden
  Director of the National Security Agency

• Michael J. Copps
  Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission

• Kathleen Q. Abernathy
  Professor of Political Studies
  Simon Fraser University

• Professor Robert Hackett
  President and CEO
  Robert R. McCormick Tribune Foundation

• Tom Gjelton
  Correspondent Covering National Security
  National Public Radio

• Stephen Hess
  Senior Fellow
  The Brookings Institution

• Henry Kelly
  President
  Federation of American Scientists

• Bill Kovach
  Chairman
  Committee of Concerned Journalists

• David Martin
  National Security Correspondent
  CBS News

• Michael Moore
  Actor and Director

• Bob Steele
  The Nelson Poynter Scholar for Journalism
  The Poynter Institute

• Notra Trulock III
  Associate Editor
  Accuracy in Media
  

Websites

• Accuracy in Media
  http://www.aim.org

• Alternative Press Organization
  http://www.alternet.org

• Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
  http://www.fair.org

• Federal Communications Commission
  http://www.fcc.gov

• Free Press Organization
  http://www.freedomforum.org

• Guardian Unlimited
  http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/

• Independent Organization Seeking Trustworthy News
  http://www.democracynow.org

• MediaChannel
  http://www.mediachannel.org/

• National Security Agency
  http://www.nsa.gov

• Research on American Opinions
  http://www.pewtrusts.com

• Who Owns What Among Major Media Companies
  http://www.cjr.org/owners
  

Books and Publications

• Censored 2003 by Peter Phillips and Project Censored

• Bias by Bernard Goldberg

• Invasion by Michelle Malkin

• Snitch Culture by Jim Redden

• Breaking the News by James Fallows

• Coloring the News by William McGowan

• in the News by Marc Gellman

• Media Studies Journal, a publication of www.freedomforum.org

• Mass Media and Nigerian Society by P.O.J. Umechukwu

• War Is A Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges
  

Articles

• Bureau of Missing Bureaus by Lucinda Fleeson (American Journalism Review, February 2004)

• The British Invasion by Lori Robertson (American Journalism Review, December 2003 /January 2004)

• Is Media Bias Filtering Out Good News from Iraq? (FAIR, October 2003)

• A Terrorist Tet in Washington and Baghdad (AIM Report 22, November 2003)

• The News Media Could Be Our Weakest Link by Randy Atkins (Washington Post, January 2003)

• High Anxiety by Lori Robertson (American Journalism Review, April 2003)

• Journalists and public health experts discuss war and terrorism coverage by Katie Gazella (February 2003)

• Post Now the Nation's Most Hawkish Newspaper by Harry Jaffe (Feburary 2003)

• The Great Media Gulp by William Safire (New York Times, 5/22/03)

• U.S. Court Blocks Plan to Ease Rule on Media Owners by Stephen Labaton (New York Times 9/4/03)

• Grunts and Pogues by Gordon Dillow (Columbia Journalism Review, May/June 2003)

• Immigration as a National Security Issue by Reed Irvine and Cliff Kincaid
  (11/20/02)

• Decoding the Media by Norman Solomon

• How Will FCC's Action Affect Consumers? by David Lieberman

• Media Mood Swings by Rachel Smolkin (American Journalism Review, June 2003)

• As Broadcast Decency Wanes, Feds Stand Ready to Act by Michael J. Copps (USA Today, 2/4/02)

• Calling For Media Crimes Tribunal by Danny Schechter (May 30, 2003)

• The Impact of the Media on National Security Policy Decision Making by Douglas V. Johnson II

• The Role of the Media in International Conflict by Christopher Young

• Deregulation of Media: Dangerous to Democracy by Gene Kimmelman, Senior Director for Public Policy and Advocacy, Consumers Union

• The Things They'll Come By by Liz Cox (Columbia Journalism Review, March/April 2003)

• The News Media Could Be Our Weakest Link by Randy Atkins (Washington Post 1/26/03)

• Experts: Press and Military Must Cooperate by Sarah Coffey and Agustin Armendariz (United Press International, 1/17/03)

• Common Sense: Truth of the Matter is it's Best to Check Out the source by Cantwell (Morning Star (Wilmington, N.C.) 4/17/03)

• Nation's Press Guilty of Mythologizing War? by David Kronke (The Daily News of Los Angeles, 3/20/03)

• Government Secrecy; What Leaks Are Good Leaks? by Jack Nelson (Los Angeles Times, 1/5/03)

• Media Should Not Televise War Efforts by Kori Hahn (University Daily, Texas Tech University, 4/4/03)

• Media Role as Neutral Observers Questioned in War on Terror –Public Broadcasting Report (Warren Publishing, Inc. 3/7/03)

• Don't Believe All the Patriotic Fire on American TV by Rupert Cornwell (The Independent (UK Newspaper) 4/23/03)

• Embedded Truth by Joel C. Rosenberg (World Magazine 4/5/03)

• The Terror Threat by Rem Rieder (American Journalism Review, 4/03)

• High Anxiety by Lori Robertson (American Journalism Review, 4/03)

• Girding for Terror by Rachel Smolkin (American Journalism Review, 4/03)

• Preparing for War by Sherry Ricchiardi (American Journalism Review, 3/03)

• Journalists and Public Health Experts Discuss War and Terrorism Coverage by Katie Gazella

• Post Now the Nation's Most Hawkish Newspaper by Harry Jaffe

• Embedded Reporter's Role In Army Unit's Actions Questioned by Military by Howard Kurtz (Washington Post, 6/25/03)