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» Covering War
An ICMPA study analyzed the news coverage of the 2006 Hezbollah-Israel war ranking media, tracking their overall coverage and their changes in coverage over time.

» Media Transparency
An 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.

Gallery

» 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
» 2011 Academy Takes Off July 24

LATEST RELEASES

» The World Unplugged

College students around the world are strikingly similar in how they use media – and how ‘addicted’ they are to it, according to a new global study of university students by the International Center for Media & the Public Affairs (ICMPA) in partnership with the Salzburg Academy on Media & Global Change.

» A Day Without Media

What is it like to give up your cell phone, iPod, television, car radio, magazines, newspapers and computer for one day?

Can you even do it?

A 2010 ICMPA study found that most US college students are not just unwilling, but functionally unable to be without their media links to the world.

Check out what the students experienced when they went unplugged for 24 hours

Here is what the Washington Post, the NY Times, MSNBC, and the Globe & Mail are saying about the study.

The Salzburg Academy
on Media & Global Change

» Following a huge success in 07, 08, 09 & 10, The Salzburg Global Seminar & ICMPA announce their 5th annual Salzburg Academy on Media & Global Change (July 24 to August 13).

See what participants of the
Salzburg Academy class of 2010
created and what they had to say.

In the News
» The 3nd Salzburg Academy on Media and Global Change releases its new web site, with a new curriculum, lesson plans, results of a research project on the coverage of the 2008 Olymics and three videos on current pressing issues.
ICMPA's Media Education Director Paul Mihailidis discusses Global News Literacy on CSPAN, part of a round table hosted by the National Endowment for Democracy.
» 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.
» 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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