The media and the military: Allies or adversaries?

dc.creator	Leopold Scholtz
dc.date	2012-02-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T20:08:45Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T20:08:45Z
dc.identifier	10.5787/28-2-213
dc.identifier	2224-0020
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/9bd79e7226014429893b5aeed0e2f56e
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/8446
dc.identifier.uri	https://doaj.org/article/9bd79e7226014429893b5aeed0e2f56e
dc.description	<p>Military commanders like Alexander the Great or Richard the Lionheart did not have to take public opinion greatly into account when they planned their campaigns in their day. Today it is a very different situation.</p> <p>In the light of the above this article starts with two somewhat startling quotes by the futurologists Alvin and Heidi Toffler: "The people thinking hardest about warfare in the future know that some of the most important combat of tomorrow will take place on the media battlefield." They also state: “[T]he media, including channels and technologies unimagined today, will be a prime weapon for Third Wave combatants in both the wars and anti-wars of the future, a key component of knowledge strategy.”</p> <p>In recent years, much has been made of the adversarial relations between journalists and the military. The media have, for instance, been blamed for the US defeat in Vietnam, for unthinkingly blabbing about tactical decisions in advance in the Falklands, etc. From their side, journalists have been blaming the military for not trying to understand the nature of their job, of covering up a number of bad things, etc.</p>
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Military Science (Military Academy)
dc.relation	http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/pub/article/view/213
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2224-0020
dc.source	Scientia Militaria : South African Journal of Military Studies, Vol 28, Iss 2 (2012)
dc.subject	The media and the military
dc.subject	media battlefield
dc.subject	adversarial relations between journalists and the military
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Military Science
dc.subject	DOAJ:Technology and Engineering
dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.subject	Military Science
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dc.title	The media and the military: Allies or adversaries?
dc.type	Article