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Originally posted by infamouskiller
4th enviroment as in 4th dimension?
Originally posted by helta
Title:
The World Wide Web of War
Fields and Groups :
050200 - INFORMATION SCIENCE
050500 - SOCIOLOGY AND LAW
120700 - COMPUTER SYSTEMS
150607 - UNCONVENTIONAL WARFARE
250200 - RADIO COMMUNICATIONS
Corporate Author:
ARMY WAR COLL CARLISLE BARRACKS PA
Personal Author(s):
Smith, Craig A.
Report Date:
21 FEB 2006
Media Count:
20 Pages(s)
Organization Type:
A - ARMY
Report Number(s):
XAUSAWC (XAUSAWC)
DescriptiveNote:
Research paper
Monitor Acronym(s):
XA (XA)
Monitor Series:
USAWC (USAWC)
Descriptors:
*MILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)ZMILITARY FORCES(UNITED STATES)Z, *PUBLIC RELATIONSZPUBLIC RELATIONSZ, *INTERNETZINTERNETZ, *INFORMATION WARFAREZINFORMATION WARFAREZ, *PUBLIC OPINIONZPUBLIC OPINIONZ, *IRAQI WARZIRAQI WARZ, CONTROLZCONTROLZ, POLICIESZPOLICIESZ, DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONSZDIGITAL COMMUNICATIONSZ, STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONSZSTRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONSZ, PROPAGANDAZPROPAGANDAZ, WIRELESS LINKSZWIRELESS LINKSZ, CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONSZCELLULAR COMMUNICATIONSZ, GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONSZGLOBAL COMMUNICATIONSZ, MASS MEDIAZMASS MEDIAZ, UNCONVENTIONAL WARFAREZUNCONVENTIONAL WARFAREZ, PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFAREZPSYCHOLOGICAL WARFAREZ, ENEMYZENEMYZ, COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKSZCOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKSZ, SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONSZSATELLITE COMMUNICATIONSZ
Identifiers:
*WAR BLOGS, *UNREGULATED REPORTING, WEB LOGS, IRAQI FREEDOM OPERATION, NEWS REPORTING, CIVILIAN MILITARY RELATIONS, AL QAEDA, ENEMY BLOGS, INFORMATION OPERATIONS, NEWS MEDIA
Abstract:
Modern communications, combined with the near instantaneous publication of information on the World Wide Web, are providing the means to dramatically affect the pursuit, conduct, and public opinion of war on both sides. The current war in Iraq is the first war in history that has seen soldiers, independent journalists, and citizens in the war zone publishing interactive, first-hand accounts and photos of life and events by web logs or blogs. This war also has seen the enemy create slick web sites containing information and professional quality graphics and video of their operations and exploits, including gruesome beheadings. U.S. military and government public affairs elements, and even mainstream media organizations, have scrambled to deal with this onslaught of unregulated reporting as it rapidly grows in popularity and capability. This paper examines the rise of war blogs and other communications to assess their immediate and longer term impact on U.S. policy and military strategy, and to suggest ways in which the United States can overtly control them or use them more effectively.
Distribution Limitation(s):
01 - APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE
Source Code:
403565
Document Location:
DTIC
Geopolitical Code:
4219
Supplementary Notes:
USAWC Strategy Research Project.
Distribution Statement:
Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
Citation Created:
19 JUL 2006
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Well who would of thought that.