>>NEW<< CBS KENS 5 news segment "How many College Students can say they earned a trip to the Democratic National Convention?"

Interview with Time Warner Cable Convention 2004 Award Recipient Brad Domangue and Dr. Amy Jasperson about Brad's trip to Boston and the Democratic National Convention. (requires RealPlayer to view >> click here for free download)

Students begin research in new media and elections studio..."

"We're very excited about the new studio," said Richard Gambitta, chair of the Department of Political Science and Geography. "The only similar projects are at Harvard and the Annenberg School at University of Pennsylvania. We will have the capacity to make political documentaries and give the students practical experience in editing materials. The students will actually be able to do the things they read about."

"Tuning In - Political Science Professors Amy Jasperson and Mansour El-Kikhia dissect TV news coverage of the war..."

“What we are learning through analyzing media is that often it isn't the reality that shapes how we feel about an issue, but rather how that relaity is portrayed."

TERRORISM, THE MEDIA, AND PUBLIC LIFE

“U.S. and Middle Eastern MediaPerspectives on the Aftermath of the Sept. 11 Terrorist Attacks” Co-sponsored by the APSA Political Communications Section and the Shorenstein Center at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University August 28, 2002

"Professors co-author book chapter on media influence..."

(May 20, 2003)--University of Texas at San Antonio political science professors Amy Jasperson and Mansour El-Kikhia contributed a chapter to an upcoming book about the U.S. media's role in shaping perceptions of the threat of world terrorism.

Framing Terrorism: The News Media, the Government and the Public

"What we think we know about terrorism depends in part on how the issue is framed. This book provides a fascinating combination of theory and cases about what the press tells us." –Joseph S. Nye, author of The Paradox of American Power