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The Role of the Media & The Dissemination of Information

The Role of the Media & The Dissemination of Information. The War of 1812. Treaty of Ghent signed December 24, 1814 Battle of New Orleans fought January 8, 1815. February 18, 1815 – news of peace treaty arrives in North America. The Spanish-American War (1898). Remember the Maine!

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The Role of the Media & The Dissemination of Information

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  1. The Role of the Media& The Dissemination of Information

  2. The War of 1812 • Treaty of Ghent signed December 24, 1814 • Battle of New Orleans fought January 8, 1815. • February 18, 1815 – news of peace treaty arrives in North America

  3. The Spanish-American War (1898) • Remember the Maine! • “The charge itself was great fun…oh, but we had a bully fight” • A ‘splendid little war’

  4. Vietnam • The media lost the war for America. • First televised war (living room war) • https://facultystaff.richmond.edu/~ebolt/history398/Cronkite_1968.html

  5. Tiananmen Square & CNN • Let the change begin! • http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/06/02/cnn.tiananmen.coverage/index.html#cnnSTCVideo

  6. Modern news media • As it happens – the birth of speculative news • The Persian Gulf War (Desert Storm) • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlC60Kef9Mg • September 11 • Embedded reporters

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