Brigham Young University BYU ScholarsArchive Faculty Publications 2003-01-01 Mormons and the Media, 1898-2003: A Selected, Annotated, and Indexed Bibliography (with Suggestions for Future Research) Sherry Baker Brigham Young University - Provo,
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[email protected]. -SBOTOS 1 Satellite truck at Nauvoo Temple, June 2002. Seven news satellite trucks, including the one pictured here, transmitted coverage of the opening of the Nauoo Temple. Beginning before its official founding, the Church has con tinued to use various forms of media to spread the gospel message and has been the subject of much media attention. Mormons and the Media, 1898-2003 A Selected, Annotated, and Indexed Bibliography (with Suggestions for Future Research) Sherry Baker and Daniel Stout rint, electronic, and other forms of communications media have been Pconsistently perceived and characterized by leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as tools to assist in spreading the gospel message throughout the world. President Spencer W. Kimball said, "Tech nology will help spread the gospel We shall use the inventions the Lord has given us to awaken interest and acquaint people of the world with [gospel] truths."1 More recently, President Gordon B.