A Look at Media Coverage of the Yazidi Attack

1. Attack on the Yazidis:
A Look at the Media Coverage on August 15, 2007
Julie Jacobson, UNC Chapel Hill
COMM 574, Dauber
May 1, 2008

2. Outline
● Introduction
● Problem Overview
● Approach
● Results Discussion
● Conclusion
Image from Newsweek, August 2007

3. Introduction
● Attack on the Yazidis
● Multiple suicide bombers, hundreds killed
● 15 August, 2007
● Northern Iraqi villages
● Remote location delayed coverage

4. Problem Overview
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