War and the Media: Essays on News Reporting, Propaganda and Popular Culture »

Paul M. Haridakis is an associate professor at Kent State University. He lives in Akron, Ohio. Barbara Hugenberg is an assistant professor at Kent State University. She lives in Kent, Ohio. Stanley T. Wearden is dean of the College of Communication and Information at Kent State University. He lives in Kent, Ohio.

Mass communication is used by governments to support their war efforts while media images are created or manipulated to inform, persuade or guide the consumers of those images. But this book looks beyond the obvious. The contributors examine historical and contemporary examples that reflect the role of the media or mass communication or both during wartime. The essays highlight the centrality of communication to the perpetuation and to the resolution of war, suggesting that the symbiotic relationship between communication and war is as important to understand as war itself.

Introduction The impact of war on communication theory, research, and the field of communication 3

Protest music as alternative media during the Vietnam War era Richard A. Lee Lee, Richard A. 24

Created heroes, humanized soldiers, and superior Western values : fantasy theme analysis of Flags of our fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima Koji Fuse Fuse, Koji James E. Mueller Mueller, James E. 41

Ghosts of Vietnam : filmic representations of unconsummated American heroism in the beginning of the twenty-first century Wesley J. O'Brien O'Brien, Wesley J. 57

Drawn-out battles : exploring war-related messages in animated cartoons Rekha Sharma Sharma, Rekha 75

Economic convergence and the celebration of mass production : the World War II advertising campaign to sell Jeeps Kathleen German German, Kathleen 92

"You boys and girls can be the Minute Men of today" : narrative possibility and normative appeal in the U.S. Treasury's 1942 War victory comics James J. Kimble Kimble, James J. Trischa Goodnow Goodnow, Trischa 112

Inspecting the rhetorical arsenal : the war frame in Nazi Germany's der Kampf and America's war on terror Roy Schwartzman Schwartzman, Roy 126

An enduring legacy of World War I : propaganda, journalism and the domestic struggle over the commodification of truth Burton St. John III St. John, Burton, III 147

Coverage of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars in business magazines : the profit and economy of U.S. war and policy Karen Rohrbauck Stout Stout, Karen Rohrbauck 164

"New Mexico's always been patriotic and loyal to the country" : uncritical journalistic patriotism in wartime David Weiss Weiss, David 183

Embedded reporting andaudience response : parasocial interaction and perceived realism in embedded reporting from the Iraq war on television news M. F. Casper Casper, M. F. Jeffrey T. Child Child, Jeffrey T. 205

Prince Harry and the Afghanistan media blackout Terri Toles Patkin Patkin, Terri Toles 222

Cyberwar : the future of war? Brett Lunceford Lunceford, Brett 238

About the contributors 253

Index 257