The rhetorical dimension of the debate on the Web tackles the question “do we know how killed Kennedy”, why does the question still exist (or persist as some would argue)? The coverage encompasses sites that focus on presentation, others that privilege the instrument of knowledge generally the coverage hopes to achieve both.

The knowledge construct that permeates the web coverage involves the integration of archival, indexical, database and narrative or metanarrative elements. Zones of knowledge are particularly pertinent in relation to the JFK assassination. Knowledge is the foundation for content and access. There is assumed knowledge and assumed unknowing on this topic. The Web covers both interrogative and interrogative elements of historical research. Both elements are realised in the Web’s active recruitment of users to contribute to the construction of knowledge. Sites present the tools for knowledge making, influencing, sharing and dramatisation.

[ Introduction I Production I Coverage I Authority I Architecture I Primary Sources I Rhetoric I Fluidity I Overview ]