Media Awareness Network, for lessons by Neil Andersen, Chris Worsnop, Barry Duncan, and others:
www.media-awareness.ca/eng/med/class/
Michael Moore's site, including his complete diary from September 11:
www.michaelmoore.com
Satire with a broken heart: www.theonion.com
Here is an URL to a satirical modification of a pop song. Probably not the last.
Background on bin Laden and Islam: dsc.discovery.com/news/features/terror/terror.html
The Art of Naming Operations
GREGORY C. SIEMINSKI
From Parameters, Autumn 1995, pp. 81-98
carlisle-www.army.mil/usawc/Parameters/1995/sieminsk.htm
www.mediachannel.org/atissue/conflict/
This URL includes the following:
Discussion Topics
The following sections have short excerpts from texts and Questions to Consider that you might find useful.
Media and Religion
Compassion Fatigue
The Role of Journalism
Conventions of Television
News
The Form of the Interview
Showing and Telling
Photography and Collective
Memory
Activities and Projects
Deconstructing Images from the Media
Analyzing Sound and News Footage
De-Coding Codes
Analyzing Visual Codes
Exploring Relationships Between Images and Words
Interviewing Editing Media
Creating a Timeline of Events, Analyzing How History is Framed and
Exploring Implications for How We Understand Events
Video Project: Reporting Events
Video Project: Record Reactions in your Community
Strangers Who Help Us by Geraldine Haas, 9/18/2001 Young Voices
"Photo Realism," the story of Literacy Through Photography Project, in the
October 1 issue of Education Week
www.edweek.org/tm/tmstory.cfm?slug=02photo.h13
Ewald may not have shot the photograph herself, but she did create the conditions that enabled him to tell his story. He is one of hundreds of people around the world-mostly children, but also members of other frequently voiceless groups, such as Saudi Arabian women-Ewald has taught to use cameras to document
their lives.
Are the worldwide media reporting with enough depth and balance? Which stories are getting told? Which voices are loudest? How does coverage impact government policy, public opinion, tolerance, justice and peace? How to cover horror and trauma while avoiding sensation and propaganda? What can journalists do to ensure responsible, thorough reporting and diversity of views?
www.mediachannel.org/atissue/conflict/Since its founding in 1996, Al Jazeera has created a revolution in Arab news media and public opinion, emerging as the first independent, professional pan-Arab news outlet. Now that Al Jazeera is the primary international news organization providing serious coverage from inside Afghanistan and is commanding the attention of Arab public opinion--a key constituency in this most political of conflicts--the station's coverage and its audience have become more important than any other in the world. If CNN was made by the 1991 Gulf War, the current conflict represents a similar global coming of age for Al Jazeera.
Wired's Compendium of Web Sites about Afghanistan
Wired has put together a nice compilation of links to information about Afghanistan. The timely and diverse link collection has goodies like the Afghanpedia, the Lonely Planet travel guide, Women of Afghanistan, a 20-year-old pre-war photo collection, and even a link to an Afghan cookbook.
www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,47243,00.html
Useful alternative sites
indymedia.com
alternet.org
commondreams.org
straightgoods.com
mojones.com
thenation.com
utne.com
salon.com
rabble.ca
web.mit.edu/CMS/reconstructions/introduction.htm