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Ian Gordon

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AS3217 U.S. Media & Public Policy
Semester 2 2000-2001
A/P Ian Gordon
AS7/02-29
Ph. 874 4694

Lecture 13
How the Media Shapes Events, Case Study Five: The Gulf War

Click on image for a larger copy President Bush participates in a briefing on the progress of the ground war with Iraq in his residence office. General Powell points out areas on two maps of the Middle East. Also present are: Secretary Cheney, Robert Gates, and Secretary Baker.

Reading:
Douglas Kellner, The Persian Gulf TV War, (Boulder: Westview Press, 1992), Chapter Six. NUS Library Holdings

Additional:
John J. Fialka, Hotel Warriors: Covering the Gulf War (Washington, D.C.: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 1992). NUS Library Holdings
Perry M. Smith, How CNN Fought the War: a View from the Inside (New York: Carol Pub. Group, 1991). NUS Library Holdings
Philip M. Taylor, War and the Media: Propaganda and Persuasion in the Gulf War (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1992). NUS Library Holdings

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