The media and the military : allies or adversaries?

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dc.contributor.authorScholtz, Leopolden_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-10T09:36:14Z
dc.date.available2012-07-10T09:36:14Z
dc.date.issued1998
dc.descriptionThe online publication is available at http://scientiamilitaria.journals.ac.za/puben_ZA
dc.descriptionCITATION: Scholtz, L. 2012. The media and the military: Allies or adversaries?. Scientia Militaria - South African Journal of Military Studies, 28(2). https://doi.org/10.5787/28-2-213.
dc.description.abstractMilitary commanders like Alexander the Great or Richard the Lionheart did not have to take public opinion greatly into account when they planned their campaigns in their day. Today it is a very different situation. In the light of the above this article starts with two somewhat startling quotes by the futurologists Alvin and Heidi Toffler: "The people thinking hardest about warfare in the future know that some of the most important combat of tomorrow will take place on the media battlefield." They also state: “[T]he media, including channels and technologies unimagined today, will be a prime weapon for Third Wave combatants in both the wars and anti-wars of the future, a key component of knowledge strategy.” In recent years, much has been made of the adversarial relations between journalists and the military. The media have, for instance, been blamed for the US defeat in Vietnam, for unthinkingly blabbing about tactical decisions in advance in the Falklands, etc. From their side, journalists have been blaming the military for not trying to understand the nature of their job, of covering up a number of bad things, etc.en_ZA
dc.description.versionPublisher's version
dc.format.extent16 pages
dc.identifier.citationScholtz, L. 1998. The media and the military: Allies or adversaries? Scientia Militaria, South African Journal of Military Studies, 28 (2): 236-251.
dc.identifier.issn2224-0020 (online)
dc.identifier.issn1022-8136 (print)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/21652
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherStellenbosch University, Military Scienceen_ZA
dc.rights.holderAuthor retains copyrighten_ZA
dc.subject.lcshMass media and waren_ZA
dc.subject.lcshWar in mass mediaen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshWar -- Press coverageen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshKnowledge managementen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshFreedom of the pressen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshGovernment and the pressen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshArmed Forces and mass mediaen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshVietnam War, 1961-1975 -- United States -- Press coverageen_ZA
dc.subject.lcshJournalism, Military -- Relationsen_ZA
dc.titleThe media and the military : allies or adversaries?en_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA
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