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“Hero-Worship” or “Manipulative and Oversimplifying”: How America’s Current and Former Military Service Members Perceive Military-Related News Reporting Cover

“Hero-Worship” or “Manipulative and Oversimplifying”: How America’s Current and Former Military Service Members Perceive Military-Related News Reporting

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Open Access
|Jan 2020

Abstract

Military-related journalism serves an important purpose, and has a special relevance in the modern era of nearly continuous American military involvement. Yet, conflicting goals have long made relations between journalists and the military difficult, and both institutions have faced abundant criticism regarding the role each plays in providing information to the public. This study seeks to provide additional perspective on the topic, and involves a consideration of the views held by individual military service members and veterans regarding military-related news. Data gathered from interviews suggests that, while a diversity of perspectives exist, widespread frustration with military-related reporting is very common among the military population.
Language: English
Page range: 13 - 24
Submitted on: Oct 29, 2019
Accepted on: Dec 13, 2019
Published on: Jan 14, 2020
Published by: Virginia Tech Publishing
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

© 2020 Hans Schmidt, published by Virginia Tech Publishing
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.