碩士 / 中國文化大學 / 美國研究所 / 96 / The role of mass media in the war has become another kind of warfare outside of military operations. The role of media has transformed from a “bystander” who only report the warfare into “participator” actively involved in the war. As the impact of political system and ideas, most of the media in U.S. were private. Therefore, in the United States, the media with credibility has great influence with the government for policy decision-making, especially during the period of overseas military operations.
On the other hand, the United States is a democratic country, which founded on public opinion, so for the implementation of any policy, the U.S. government has to gain the supports from people; furthermore, overseas military operations have become the focus of the people. Hence, there is a close interaction between the media, overseas military operations and public opinion; and the triangular relation even has impact on the winning or losing of overseas military operations. This thesis uses two overseas military operations, the war in Afghanistan and the Iraqi war, as case studies to analyze the influence of the media in U.S. upon overseas military operations and public opinion since 911 events.
The cooperation between media and public opinion may subvert people’s concept of factors that determine the winning or losing of military operations. The key point of winning or losing of the military operations is no longer depending on military strength, equipment quantity, staff quality and the level of science and technology or economics but depending on the power of media. This dissertation analyzes the role and influence of media in the war in Afghanistan and the Iraqi war; and tries to generalize a conclusion from similarities and dissimilarities to provide another point of view for the critical influence of the mass media during the period of overseas military operations.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:TW/096PCCU0232005 |
| Date | January 2008 |
| Creators | Chih Hsien Liao, 廖智賢 |
| Contributors | Jin Ming Cheng, 鄭貞銘 |
| Source Sets | National Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations in Taiwan |
| Language | zh-TW |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Format | 134 |
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