Media & WMDs: In this 2004 study, ICMPA director Susan Moeller unveiled how US and UK media covered the 2003 hunt for WMD in Iraq, the 2002 public debate over WMD as as justification for war in Iraq, and the 1998 South Asian nuclear tests. The study showed that in 2002 and 2003 most media not only represented WMD as a monolithic menace, but accepted the White House's argument that the "War on Terror" was a campaign against WMD.

ICMPA's major focus is research.

One current project is a multi- year, multi-part study of how American, British and Arab media have covered terrorism since 9/11. This project explores the priorities, assumptions, political debates, deadline pressures and bottom-line considerations of media. One finding: US, UK and Arab media all reproduce–and thereby reinforce– the political agendas of political elites.

Media, Bias & the Coverage of International Disasters (pdf):
An article by Prof. Moeller that appeared in the Journal of International Affairs argued that media often prioritize "gee-whiz" stories over major events. She notes: "crises are ... a kind of virtual merchandise to be sold to fickle audiences who select what news to consume from an exhaustive menu of choices, from tragic disasters to celebrity breakups."