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LECTURERS ALERT
22 MINUTES OF VIDEOThe Power of Information
The Power of Information
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There is a universal needto receive and share information
The Power of Information: Todays Themes
People kill and risk deathover information
The battle to control informationis also universal - and changing with
technology
Approximately three times every month,
a journalist is killed.
Seven out of ten are murdered, manyon the orders of government officials.
Few cases are ever solved.
Attacked During Tahrir SquareVictory Celebration
The Power of Information
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The Power of Information
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CPJ has documented 25 Journalists killed in 2011
Lucas Mebrouk DolegaEuropean PressphotoAgency
January 17, 2011, in Tunis, Tunisia
Jos Agustn Silvestre de los SantosLa Voz de la Verdad, Caa TV
August 2, 2011, in La Romana, DominicanRepublic
Who is Doing the Killing?
Source: The Committee to Protect Journalists
Suspected Perpetrators in Murder Cases
88% are carried out with complete impunity
19% are taken captive before being murdered
35% are threatened before being murdered
Syrian cartoonist Ali Farzat
Masked gunmen severely beat Syriasbest-known political cartoonist on
Thursday, breaking his hand and leavinghim to bleed on the side of a road in
Damascus, activists said.
The attack came days after the artist,Ali Farzat, published a cartoon showing
President Bashar al-Assad hitchinga ride out of town with Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi of Libya, who was toppled from
power this week.
Journalists Targeted: One Story
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The News Blackout is Over -Change Your Homepage
Classroom Etiquette
Violators will be asked to leave class
No Cellphones No Smartphones No Texting No Talking No Sleeping
Be on TimeYOUR REC. # Submitted by:YOURNAME GOES HERE
Professor :MY NAME GOES HERE
News Matters
You Write a sentence here, connecting the
news to a course concept.
Insert News Matters slides here
ASSIGNMENT:Sunday, September 11, 7-8 p.m. on CBS
Sixty Minutes report on Stony Brook study of first responders health
See Blackboard for details of assignment
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My Life AsTuesday, September 13,
7:30 p.m.SAC Auditorium There is a universal need
to receive and share
The Power of Information: Three Themes
Why is there a universalneed to share and
receive news?
The thing I missed most was
informationfree uncensored, undistorted,
abundant information.
During five and a half years as a prisoner of
war
The Power of Information
Ive Got a Secret
But Cant Keep It
Ive Got a Secret
But Cant Keep It
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President Clinton on the DayHis Impeachment Trial Began
News is Part of Our DNA
Alert Us
Connect Us
Divert Us
It Alerts Us
Even a Caveman Needs to Know
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It Alerts UsIt Alerts Us
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It Connects Us
Human Interest or Campfire Stories
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It Diverts UsAnd Its Nothing New
A lot of Tittle-tattleGladiator pairstrialsburglary
The Power of Information: Three Themes
Why do people kill or risk deathover information?
Real Blood
Why do Journalists risk their lives?
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Information Can Be a Weapon of Mass Murder
Newsdays Roy Gutman exposes Bosnian atrocities
Information Can Prevent Mass Murder
1989: The Berlin Wall Comes Down
The Power of Information to Topple Oppressors
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The Power of Information: Three Themes
The battle to control informationis also universal and changing with
technology.
From The Beginning
Information Was Power
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Even (especially) EmperorsNeed to Control Information
I fear three newspapers more than
a hundred thousand bayonets.
Victor Hugos Symbol of Change
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North Americas First Newspaper
1690: PublickOccurrences Both Forreign and Domestick
The Battle Isnt Ancient History The most famous photo of the Tiananmen Square Rebellion?Not in China
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Cultural Differences:Whose Business is a Bridge Failure?
Does informing the public help or hinder solutions?
Cultural Differences:Whose Business is a Bridge Failure?
Does informing the public help or hinder solutions?
A Secret Internet?
The Obama administration is leading a globaleffort to deploy shadow Internet and mobile
phone systems that dissidents can use toundermine repressive governments that seek
to silence them by censoring or shuttingdown telecommunications networks.
Who Are the Front-Line Casualtiesof The Battle to Control Information?
Drug Cartels Decide What IsNewsand What Is Not
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The Battle Rages Here, Too
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Dying for Journalism in the US
Oakland PostEditorChauncey Bailey Killed Aug. 2, 2007
Journalists Under Attack-A Happy Ending
Newsdays Matthew McAllesterand Moises SamanFreed After 15 Days of Captivity in Iraq
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The Power of Information
Seven minutes with Kim Dozier: http://youtu.be/sTBbQGmoZ7I
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Your Assignments
1. Read the Google vs. China articles in the Virtual CourseReader on Blackboard. In a short essay, you will play therole of CEO of Google, deciding whether to follow Chinas
censorship policies, or withdraw from one of the largestmarkets in the world.Due at your next recitation.
2. Videos: Using links posted on Blackboard, watch threeshort videos of journalists talking about the relationshipbetween secrecy and power and why they challenge powerwith information. Be ready to discuss in recitation.
3. Watch 60 Minutes segment on Sunday, September 11. (Its
about first responders studied by Stony Brook scientists)See Blackboard for the assignment prompt.
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