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Television, Terrorism and the PressTelevision, Terrorism and the Press

Dr. Bill Silcock,Director Cronkite Global Initiatives

Curator, Hubert H. Humphrey ProgramArizona State University

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Doctorate from Missouri School of Journalism Fulbright Scholar- Ireland, Sweden 25 years - Brigham Young University, Missouri and Cronkite School

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Research focus - global news newscast producers, journalism ethics and media convergenceTeach - media ethics/diversity and TV news reporting

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Terrorism and War Coverage

What sparked my interest?

Eight Published PapersWith colleagues Carol Schwalbe & Susan Keith

- Convergence of content- Ethics of war coverage- Method of cross platform studies

IRAQ WAR IMAGES ACROSS PLATFORMS

Our MissionOur Mission

To See the World,To See the World,To Know the To Know the

World,World,To Report To Report

the World.the World.

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What you do, what each of us What you do, what each of us does, has an effect on the does, has an effect on the

country, the state, the nation country, the state, the nation and the world.and the world.-Hubert -Hubert

Humphrey Humphrey

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Television, Terrorism and the PressTelevision, Terrorism and the Press

Honors College Course - Terrorism & The Press

We’re all looking We’re all looking for ideas large for ideas large enough to be enough to be afraid of againafraid of again

Talking Across Talking Across differences differences

INFLUENCE

MAXIMUM INFLUENCEPSYCHOLOGY OF PERSUASION

TerrorismTerrorism

What is your greatest fear?

Rember a time when you have felt the most threatened?

PSYCHOLOGY OF PERSUASIONPSYCHOLOGY OF PERSUASION

TerrorismTerrorism

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Coming Up Coming Up

OUTLINE FOR OUR SESSIONSOUTLINE FOR OUR SESSIONSChanging role of the pressChanging role of the press

Press Theories Press Theories Defining TerrorismDefining Terrorism

Historical Case studiesHistorical Case studiesThe Role of CitizensThe Role of Citizens

Changing Role of the Press

in a Socially Mediated, Virally Marketed World

Blurred News Boundaries

Today news is

Shared Tweeted Liked Blogged

Twitter is a neutral news channel

Hudson River Crash

Arab Spring and Egypt

http://rsf.org/index2014/en-index2014.php

U.S. Ranks #46U.S. Ranks #46

The death of the newspaper?

GatekeeperConcept

Guard the temple Newsworthy, checked

Traditional News model Control Ad-supported media One-way communication

News room to audience Adversarial relationship with PR

Who was the gatekeeper during 911?

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We asked Aaron Brown is there now a larger importance for visuals

in determining news?

No

“They matter but not as much as good characters and the value of the story

itself”Aaron Brown,

Cronkite Professor and former CNN

anchor

Do terrorists know these changes?

You...the New Gatekeepers

THE VISUAL VILLAGE

“The fundamental flipin journalism:

Information is plentiful,

but the audience attention is scarce.”

-Tom Kennedy

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Christopher Dickey Middle East Bureau Chief,

Newsweek““Citizen journalism Citizen journalism

won’t replace won’t replace traditional media.traditional media.

There is an There is an assumptionassumption

that mass availability that mass availability createscreates

discernment. discernment. I don’t think so.I don’t think so.

Discernment creates Discernment creates discernment.”discernment.”

Changing Role of Visual Gatkeeping

“Crowd gatekeeping has replaced traditional gatekeeping”

Gatekeeping is out of the editors’ hands”

- Former CBC producer Dale Cressman now at B.Y.U.

This ain’t Walter’s newscast any more

What did we not see?What did we not see?

Terrorism an attempt at a...

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