Restless Searchlight: Terrorism, the Media & Public Life

Wednesday 28 August 2002, 9.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.
Taubman Building, 5th floor
John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge MA, 02138

Co-sponsored by the APSA Political Communication Section and the Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics, and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

For more information or to register, consult the Web site: http://www.apsanet.org/~polcomm/page5.html

Morning Program
Taubman ABC

8.45 – 9 a.m. Registration
9 to 9:15 a.m. Welcome, Alex Jones, Director, Shorenstein Center

9:15 – 10:45 a.m. Panel 1. The Public’s Response to 9/11
Chair. Darrell West, Chair, APSA Political Communications Section/Brown University
David W. Moore, The Gallup Organization, “The Public Response in the United States and the Islamic World”
Paul Brewer, Sean Aday, Kim Gross, and Lars Willnat, George Washington University, “Crisis and Confidence: A Panel Study of Media Effects on Trust in the Aftermath of September 11 2001”
Pippa Norris & Ronald Inglehart, Harvard University & University of Michigan, “Islamic Culture and the Roots of 9/11: Testing the ‘Clash of Civilizations’ Thesis”
Discussant. Richard Flickinger, Wittenberg University

10:45 – 11 a.m. Coffee and tea break

11 to 12:30 Panel 2. The Press and Government in Time of War
Chair. Marion Just, Wellesley College/Shorenstein Center
Doris Graber, University of Illinois at Chicago, “Terrorism, the First Amendment and Censorship: In Search of Public Policy Guidelines”
Robin Brown, University of Leeds, “Clausewitz in the Age of Al Jezeera: Rethinking the Military-Media Relationship”
Regina Lawrence, Cynthia Coleman-Sillars, and Liana Winett, Portland State University, “Public Health in the Public Eye: Media Coverage of the Anthrax Threat”
Gadi Wolfsfeld, Hebrew University, “Mobilizing the News Media: Norms, Routines, and Dilemmas for Israeli Journalists During the 2nd Intifada”
Discussant. Andrew Rojecki, University of Illinois at Chicago


Afternoon Program
Allison Dining Room

12:30 – 2 p.m. Buffet Lunch
Chair. Pippa Norris
Keynote Speaker. Joseph S. Nye, Jr., Dean, John F. Kennedy School of Government, “Soft Power in the Global Information Age: The Lessons of 9/11”

2 – 4 p.m. Panel 3. Constructing the News: September 11 & its Aftermath
Allison Dining Room
Chair. Montague Kern, Rutgers University
Michael Traugott and Ted Brader, University of Michigan, “Public Opinion in Response to Patterns in the American News Coverage of the September 11 Attacks”
Brigitte Nacos, Columbia University, “The News Media and the Muslim Community in New York City before and after 9/11”
Amy Jasperson and Mansour el-Kikhia, University of Texas, San Antonio, “U.S. and Middle Eastern Media Perspectives on the Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks”
Frank Rusciano, Rider University, “Near and Distant Mirrors: Media Perspectives on World Opinion following September 11th”
Discussant. Steve Livingston, George Washington University

4 – 5:30 p.m. Closing wine and cheese reception