Abstract
Over the last hundred years, the relationship between war and mass communication has become increasingly elaborate. Governments and private-sector organizations have found more and more ways to use the media in wartime, and the range of available technologies has expanded to include print, film, radio, television, and the Internet. The system that exists today, at the start of the twenty-first century, is the product of many twists and turns over the decades: an accretion of some strategies for wartime use of mass communication and a rejection of others. An understanding of this evolution is a starting point for crafting policies to minimize the perverse effects and realize the positive potential that mass communication holds.
Recommended Citation
Messinger, Gary S.
(2005)
"Truth Under Fire: The War and the Media,"
New England Journal of Public Policy: Vol. 19:
Iss.
2, Article 17.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.umb.edu/nejpp/vol19/iss2/17
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