Author

Matthew A. Baum

<a href="http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/matthew-baum">Matthew A. Baum</a> is the Marvin Kalb Professor of Global Communications and professor of public policy at Harvard University. He is coauthor of “<a href="http://press.princeton.edu/titles/9084.html">War Stories: The Causes and Consequences of Public Views of War</a>,” published by Princeton University Press in 2010.

Trust and Perception: Powerful Factors in Assessing News About War

How the public responded to news reporting about the surge in Iraq was more about what the audience brought with them than what they took away.