Panama-Haiti Paper

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Panama-Haiti Paper

• Milburn
• Psychology 335

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For each news story

• Are the elements that Bennett identified present?
• Is there evidence of (successful or unsuccessful)
  government attempts to generate the types of
  cognitions that Edelman identified?

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Compare/Contrast

• For the two different crises, compare and
  contrast
• Governmental actions
• Media coverage
• Public response

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For the paper

• Pay particular attention to
• Government statements about Panamanian civilian
  casualties
• Media coverage of Panamanian civilian casualties
• Public opinion response
• Keep in mind the distinction between news
  coverage at the time and 1 year later

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Paper Structure

• Do analysis, comparing and contrasting different
  elements of the two situations
• Avoid unnecessary summary

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Paper Structure
What happened in Panama
What happened in Haiti
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Paper Structure
Intro
What happened in Panama
Similarities between two interventions
Differences between two interventions
What happened in Haiti
Conclusion