Introduction to Television and TV News Lecture #5 5 November 2012 Kevin Sites.

Introduction to Television

and TV News

Lecture #5

5 November 2012

Kevin Sites

Housekeeping

• Case Studies-Moderator’s Turn in Outlines

• Research Project Questions/Dates

• First Hour: Lecture-How TV News Made War and

War Made TV News

• Second Hour: Case Study-The Fallujah Mosque

Shooting

Vietnam (1965-75):

The First Living Room War

Vietnam (1965-75):

The First Living Room War

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0jK2Uaimqo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGrsw6m9UOY&feature=related

Television and Still Images Help to Polarize a Nation

Television and Still Images Help to Polarize a Nation

Television and Still Images Help to Polarize a Nation

“That’s the Way It Is.”Walter Cronkite & The War in Vietnam

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nn4w-ud-TyE

The Gulf War ( 1990-91):

Used and Abused. TV News as Strategic

Disinformation

The Gulf War ( 1990-91):

Used and Abused. TV News as Strategic

Disinformation

The Gulf War ( 1990-91):

Used and Abused. TV News as Strategic

Disinformation

The War in Afghanistan ( 2001-?):

From Independent Coverage to Stage Managed

The War in Afghanistan ( 2001-?):

From Independent Coverage to Stage Managed

http://www.kevinsitesreports.com/?p=182

Afghanistan: More than a Decade Later

http://www.kevinsitesreports.com/?p=136

The War in Iraq ( 2003-2011):

From Gung Ho to Uh Oh

The War in Iraq ( 2003-2011):

http://www.kevinsitesreports.com/?p=16

The Arab Spring/Uprisings

( 2010-?):

The Social Media Revolution

The Arab Spring/Uprisings ( 2010-?): http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/mar/22/middle-

east-protest-interactive-timeline

The Arab Spring/Uprisings ( 2010-?):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RGGQR4F3jkg

Wrap up & Reminders

• Tutorials: no video critiques this week

• Individual student reviews

• Next week: two case studies