As with many aspects of our culture, especially media-related ones, Marshall McLuhan had some notable things to say that are relevant to the Wikileaks controversy: "Position papers are secret or confidential documents for the attention of committees, and any office boy can publish these, no matter how top secret they may be. The Pentagon Papers were position papers which may or may not have been studied or discussed by a Congressional committee. They are "the news behind the news", which used to be considered muckraking but has now become an ordinary dimension of journalism, such as nourishes the underground press and which, in turn, affects the forms and publics of the regular press." See more on my McLuhan Galaxy blog: http://mcluhangalaxy.wordpress.com/ ......Alex Alex Kuskis, PhD Adjunct Professor MA Progam in Communication & Leadership School of Professional Studies Gonzaga University "Learning a living" - Marshall McLuhan -----Original Message----- From: air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org [mailto:air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] On Behalf Of Leslie M. Tkach-Kawasaki Sent: Saturday, December 04, 2010 7:02 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Wikileaks Dear Aoir-ers, Keen graduate students of mine in my International Politics class want to discuss Wikileaks. In addition to what's been in the news (newspaper articles, websites, etc.), I would like to give them some academic background reading, including journal papers, chapters in books, etc. The topic of international information disclosure, the responses to such, is fascinating, but somewhat out of my current research realm. If anyone has any resources to suggest, I'd greatly appreciate any suggestions, on or off list. Would be more than willing to share the results with the list. Thanks very much in advance for any suggestions. Best regards, Leslie Tkach-Kawasaki *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Leslie M. Tkach-Kawasaki, Associate Professor Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences University of Tsukuba Email: tkach@japan.email.ne.jp *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~