The John F. Kennedy Assassination and the Surrounding Conspiracy Theories

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ABSTRACT

The research problem was to take a major political event in American history, the John F. Kennedy assassination, explore major media coverage of the event, and then examine media construction of social issues. The assassination of President John F. Kennedy has two official versions in our nation's history. The Warren-Ford-Dulles Commission came to the conclusion that, without assistance, a man in a building shot a man in a car. In 1979, pursuant to post-Watergate cynicism in government, the House Select Committee on Assassinations concluded there was a conspiracy and a second gunman fired from a different direction. However, high school textbooks have reified only the first version of history-that of a single lone assassin. The purpose of this research is to explore the possibility of conspiracy behind the assassination of the American President John Fitzgerald Kennedy.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTII

DECLARATIONIII

ABSTRACTIV

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION1

1.1Research Aims and Objectives1

1.2Background of the Research1

1.3Structure of the thesis3

1.4.1Chapter I: Introduction3

1.4.2Chapter II: Literature Review4

1.4.3Chapter III: Methodology4

1.4.4Chapter IV: Data analysis and Discussion4

1.4.5Chapter V: Conclusion5

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW6

2.1Introduction6

2.2November 22, 19637

2.3The Warren Commission Report11

2.4Conspiracy Theories13

CHAPTER 3: RESEARCH METHOD17

3.1Theoretical Framework of the Research18

3.2Research Design19

3.3Additional Online searches20

3.4Reliability/Dependability21

3.5Ethical Concerns22

CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS24

4.1CIA25

4.2FBI25

4.3Organized Crime26

4.4The Military27

4.5The Federal Reserve27

4.6Other Theories28

4.7Summary29

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION32

5.1Limitations of the Research33

REFERENCES34

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Research Aims and Objectives

The present study aims to explore if there is a conspiracy behind the assassination of the American President John Fitzgerald Kennedy. Specifically, the study aims to:

To explore the historical event of November 22, 1963, Dallas, where John F. Kennedy was assassinated.

To analyse the possibility of conspiracy in the assassination of the 35th President of the United States.

To understand various conspiracy theories surrounding the Kennedy assassination.

To realize the role of media in handling the conspiracy theories surrounding the Kennedy ...