Blog Assignment #9

1.) National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States. The 9/11 Commission report. Executive summary. Issue brief no. GAO-04-1033T. Washington, DC: National Commission on Terrorist Attacks upon the United States, 2004.
2.)Beinhart, Larry. American Hero. Ballantine Books, 1994.
3.)Chiles, James R. Inviting disaster lessons from the edge of technology : an inside look at catastrophes and why they happen. 1st ed. New York: HarperBusiness, 2001.

During my search for sources I found the 9/11 Commission Report and the information inside of it was very useful for my topic. Because my topic focuses on the use of media and technology as a way to manipulate American Citizens during the Bush Administration this report could help to show how the Bush Administration deceived the public. By using direct and specific examples from the 9/11 Commission Report I can show exactly how the government has deceived Americans with exact examples from their own report. The other source I used was the book Inviting Disaster. This book helped me to see some specific examples of how dangerous technology can be when it’s controlled by the government and the repercussions that could be a result form this. The last book I used was called American Hero and this is very useful because instead of using the movie Wag the Dog as a source I can now use the movie it was based off of and understand more clearly the ideas the author wanted to portray. After reading these sources I have been able to adjust my topic and get more specific with things like the bush administration. However I’m still struggling with my topic a little because I want it to be the use of media and technology as a way to manipulate American Citizens during the Bush Administration, but I cant narrow down the word technology because it spans during into many different and very important things during that time frame.