Cold war and other presentations Flashcards
Cold war propaganda signs
The hottest propaganda war;
Very different audiences. Absence of critical audience;
Building new type of socialist man and woman.
Symbols of Cold War: “iron curtain”, “campaign of truth”, evil empire”, “commies”, “American imperialists”.
Three fronts:
Internal audience;
Enemy’s audience;
Third world - battle for hearts and minds.
Grand strategy: the foes, the allies, the undecided.
Iraq war
After 9/11 very patriotic atmosphere
USA was in a war situation because of Afghanistan
Neo-concervatives wanted to get rid of Sadam Hussein and the nuclear weapons story was born.
USA campaign for Iraq war
The government was the main source of information for the media:
-not a lot media outlets had correspondences in Iraq
-21.1.2003: foundation of Office of Global Communications
-F. e. CNN just used military experts, which were aproved by the Pentagon
-Government puts pressure on the intelligence services to suppress information that might undercut support of the war
Neo-Cons repeated their accusations very regulary
The media gave them a plattform
true core they could base it on
Consequences of the control over the information flow during Iraq war
Journalist were too afraid to be critical, they may lose their information sources
Were not able to get their informations doublechecked
Patriotism police during Iraq war
-After 9/11 and Afghanistan Invasion: great patriotism and support for war-president Bush.
-conservative media outlets created an atmosphere of pressure specially Fox News.
Dualism
All journalists who don’t report in the wished manner got blamed and shamed:
good americans vs. bad americans; Patriotist vs. USA haters
Consequences
-Very disbalanced ratio of pro and anti-war opinions
-CNN reported often about civil victims in Afghanistan -> FOX News blamed CNN as too liberal, important advertisers and audience also put pressure on them.
As a consequence CNN rebalanced their reports and linked it more often to 9/11.
Vietnam Syndrome
public aversion to American overseas military involvements; a crisis of confidence in the 70s contributed by defeat of Vietnam War and Watergate scandal (Nixon Administration)
Tai JAV politikos terminas, reiškiantis visuomenės nepasitenkinimą Amerikos užjūrio kariniu įsitraukimu po vidaus ginčų dėl Vietnamo karo.
CNN effect
Media/political science theory about the impact of 24hr TV on public opinion & policymakers which became relevant after the live broadcast of the Gulf War, fall of USSR, events like 9/11
- Media as very important
The medium is the message
The impact of CNN effect
Effects of geopolitical changes;
Effects of technological changes;
Effects on all conflict phases, not only on violence;
Direct effects on policymaking;
Effects on areas other than defense and foreign affairs;
Effects of a Western bias;
Meaning of global reach;
Effects on the work of editors and journalists.
Everchanging Media Politics
Rise of social media; TV seen as biased, not trustworthy… Telegram etc in the RU-UA war
