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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

The Power of Information

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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.