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The Battle for the Mind: War and Peace in the Era of Mass Communication
Gary Messinger
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Description for The Battle for the Mind: War and Peace in the Era of Mass Communication
Paperback. A wide-ranging survey of the role of mass media in warfare since the late nineteenth century Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
Most people typically think of armed conflict in physical terms, involving guns and bombs, ships and planes, tanks and missiles. But today, because of mass communication, war and the effort to prevent it are increasingly dependent on non-physical factors - the capacity to persuade combatants and citizens to engage in violence or avoid it, and the packaging of the information on which decision making is based. This book explores the many ways that mass communication has revolutionized international relations, whether the aim was to make war effectively or to prevent it. Gary Messinger shows that over the last 150 years ... Read more
Most people typically think of armed conflict in physical terms, involving guns and bombs, ships and planes, tanks and missiles. But today, because of mass communication, war and the effort to prevent it are increasingly dependent on non-physical factors - the capacity to persuade combatants and citizens to engage in violence or avoid it, and the packaging of the information on which decision making is based. This book explores the many ways that mass communication has revolutionized international relations, whether the aim was to make war effectively or to prevent it. Gary Messinger shows that over the last 150 years ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Massachusetts, United States
ISBN
9781558498532
SKU
V9781558498532
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Ref
99-15
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