Digital Media
Print Media
Fictional Media
Analysis of Digital Media
Overall
Media Coverage
Media Coverage
100
Both the CBS and BBC pieces on the assassination illustrate this media theory idea- that the form of communication shapes how the public understands major events.
What is the message being influenced by the medium?
100
This is how many books were published within just 36 months of the assassination, joining over 1,000 periodical pieces and books, a dozen TV shows, and 12+ newsletters.
What is 200?
100
This Netflix original series follows a group of supernatural siblings caught in a time-traveling disaster, centered around the assassination of JKF
What is The Umbrella Academy? 
100
This form of media, which did not exist in 1963, now allows new generations to revisit the JFK assassination through archived videos, images, and firsthand testimony.
What is Digital Social Media?
100
President Kennedy's assassination was live broadcasted through this medium, There was also four days of non-stop coverage through this from major news outlets.
What is Live Television.
200
CBS combined multiple forms of media to help readers not just see what happened in 1963, but also understand how people experienced and shared the news. By doing this, CBS helped shape this.
What is Public Memory?
200
This book aimed to expose the not-so-glamorous life of JFK.
What is The Dark Side of Camelot?
200
An ominous figure dressed in black stood on the side of the road when the assassination occurred, leading to this conspiracy.
What is The Umbrella Man?
200
Digital websites and archives help shape what most people think they know about significant historical events, such as the JFK assassination. This shared way of remembering is called this.
What is collective memory?
200
This form of media allows an author to present much more detailed information but typically takes longer time to produce and distribute
What is Print Media
300
This BBC website presents the JFK assassination as one of the first major media events by recreating how the story moved across radio and television in 1963.
What is “Breaking news – November 1963”?
300
This newspaper published 16 different entries on its DEATHS page commemorating the death of John F Kennedy.
WHat is The New York Time?
300
Rob Lowe played Kennedy in this 2013 film, adapted from a book of the same name.
What is Killing Kennedy?
300
When digital sites mix video clips, photos, sound, and personal stories, it makes history feel more real and emotional. This type of experience is called this.
What is, immersive experience?
300
This form of media is less focused on providing reliable information and much more centered around entertaining an audience. Can be presented in multiple different mediums, such as books or television
What is Fictional Media
400
This CBS News feature uses text, archival footage, images, and firsthand accounts, including those from Walter Cronkite and Dr. Kenneth Salyer to create an immersive retelling of the JFK assassination.
What is “The JFK assassination: As it happened”?
400
This Book was written 50 years after the assassination of JFK, yet purports to give new evidence on the case.
What is They Killed Our President?
400
In this video game, the assassination never occurred, leading to rapid space exploration and human living in space.
What is Prey (2017)?
400
Unlike TV in 1963, digital media lets you interact with the event—rewatch Walter Cronkite’s broadcast, view archival photos, listen to eyewitness interviews, and explore the timeline of the assassination at your own pace.
What is re-experience?
400
This news outlet was the very first to report President Kennedy's assination before he was even officially announced dead
What is CBS News
500
This feature of the BBC website enables readers to follow the JFK assassination as updates were gradually released in a pre-digital, centralized news environment.
What is the timeline format used to show how breaking news unfolded in 1963?
500
This book is the first oral history of the assassination of JFK, from eyewitness accounts.
What is No More Silence?
500
In The Umbrella Academy, which sibling is tasked with carrying out the assassination?
Who is Five?
500
This digital media can evoke emotions about history, but when overly dramatic, it risks prioritizing feelings over facts.
What is sensationalism / emotional manipulation?
500
This form of media was in very early stages but allowed for news of the assassination to spread extremely quickly around the country
What is Digital Media