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* Reference

The World Wide Blog
Ubiquity, Volume 5, Issue 25, Aug. 18 - 24, 2004
http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/interviews/v5i25_ito.html

* Periodical articles

Who's pulling strings behind anti-Kerry ads?
Texas GOP, Bush friends tied to swift boat attacks
By KATE ZERNIKE and JIM RUTENBERG
New York Times / Houston Chronicle, 20 August 2004
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/politics/2747923

Going Negative: When It Works
By JIM RUTENBERG and KATE ZERNIKE
New York Times, 22 August 2004
Every campaign cycle, in fact, seems to begin with the promise of 
an uplifting, mutually respectful debate of the issues, only to devolve 
into character attacks and distortions, and for good reason: negative 
ads work. Voters may say they want candidates to stay positive, but 
in truth, they respond more readily, more viscerally, to attack ads.
[American?] "People like a fight," said Roger Stone, a Republican 
strategist. "Put up an ad about the intricacies of the federal budget 
and people will turn the channel. Put up an ad like the Swift boat one, 
that creates an indelible image in the voter's mind."
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/22/weekinreview/22zern2.html

Sierra Club: Bush Endangered Lives of New Yorkers After 9/11 
By Lying About Dangers of Toxic Fallout
Democracy Now! 19 August 2004
http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/19/1354251

Is Israel planning to attack Iran?
Martin van Creveld, International Herald Tribune, 20 August 2004
"many U.S officials might privately welcome an Israeli strike on Iran
... the time to do so would be between now and November."
http://www.iht.com/bin/print.php?file=534912.html 

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Professor, Osaka Jogakuin College, Japan
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