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» Media Transparency:
A new ICMPA study takes a look at the news media and concludes that, like government and corporations, news outlets lack transparency--about what they do and how they do it.

» Covering Pakistan:
How did 13 U.S. newspapers cover Pakistan--in the year following 9/11 and five years later.

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» The War in Lebanon:
The Hot Zone's Kevin Sites talks about the challenges in covering war.

» Pictures from S. Lebanon
A photo essay by Jad Melki.

» Relief groups use new media
A video by Jad Melki.

» Media Literacy: Media Literacy: Paul Mihailidis discusses the importance of media literacy for citizenry & democracy

Latest News
» ICMPA director Dr. Susan Moeller has been named a 2008 Carnegie Scholar, one of 20 Americans honored by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. Moeller was also recognized by the UMD System Board of Regents.

JUST RELEASED

» Covering War (July 30, 2007)
A new ICMPA study that looked at the 2006 war between Hezbollah and Israel found the Qana attack on July 30 was a pivotal turning point in the coverage of the conflict.

Following the Israeli attack on the Lebanese town, the press became less critical of Hezbollah and more neutral over all. Aside from the "Qana-effect" on news, the study concluded that:

coverage of the fighting and diplomacy dominated the news

the economic and environmental consequences of the war received minimal coverage

the victims of the war–on both sides–were treated as statistics not people.

The study looked at 14 major English-language newspapers from around the world. It tracked their overall coverage, changes in coverage over time, and ranked them according to authority, depth, source balance, frame balance and empathy.

Which were the best?
• The Washington Post
• The Guardian
• Irish Times

Which were the worst?
• Daily Star (Lebanon)
• Jerusalem Post (Israel)
• Turkish Daily

» See main Results

Study released July 30, 2007

The Salzburg Academy
on Media & Global Change

Apply now to the 2008 (July 29 - August 19) Salzburg Academy

» Following a huge success in 2007, The Salzburg Global Seminar and ICMPA invite graduate and undergraduate students to apply for the second Salzburg Academy on Media & Global Change.

See what participants of the
Salzburg Academy class of 2007
created and what they had to say.

» Academy Curriculum: Global Media Literacy
» Academy Project I: Terrorism
» Academy Project II: Climate Change

In the News
» ICMPA and the Salzburg Academy's global media literacy curriculum was highlighted in a CIMA (National Endowment for Democracy) report (pdf).
» Paul Mihailidis and Matthew Sheehan write about the challenges facing deans of journalism programs. Read about it in the American Journalism Review.
» At this year's National Media Conference in St. Louis, Paul Mihailidis gave a presentation on the Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change. 'Youth Media Reporter.' covered the media literacy initiative.
» ICMPA research director Jad Melki was on the team that won a Webby award for the coverage of the Hezbollah-Israel war. Melki helped Kevin Sites cover the war from South Lebanon.

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