How does this link to the Gulf War? Many accuse the government of using news channels and media manipulation to gain public support
Quote: “Everyone tuned in, including Saddam Hussein and George Bush. The political and military authorities on both sides needed and used the media to help their causes and to sustain their war efforts...this was a propaganda war” (Shulman, 1994, p. 107)”
Mentioned Facts
On CNN, Bernard Shaw replaced the word “enemy” with “Iraqi”
Study by University of Massachusetts/Amherst à found that media (TV esp.) greatly influenced public opinions on war.
The people who watched more TV were more likely to support the war
Also found that majority of supporters didn’t know the real causes and consequences of the war
Use of extreme stories to gain supportà 300 premature babies died because Iraqi soldiers took their incubators as lootà story was featured in many US news outletsà but was false
Even Time Magazine published an article on the ‘Grapevine column’ with the Title “Is Saddam cracking up?” saying that Saddam was falling apart because of his rapid blinking during his CNN but Bush blinked just as much.
Video Game war
Made many video games/arcade games glorified warà made war cool
‘Total Carnage’ and ‘Desert Assault’
“A cost-free victory. A push-button, remote-control war won without casualties. Surgical strikes that wipe out military targets while sparing civilians” (John Barry from The Daily Beast)
Looks like Hollywood/ video game (*To see what we mean by this, check out our Cool Media Aid page for the video called ' First Strike Gulf War Air Campaign 1991 and go to 1:25)
Not just limited to America
BBCà banned songs such as ‘Everyone Wants to Rule the World’ and ‘We can work it out’ and completely went with government views
IF YOU ARE HERE FOR TECHNOLOGY, THERE IS A WHOLE SECTION IN THE MINDMAP right here: Here are a few for you to look at if you are too lazy:
Amphibious Warfare
Air Refueling Planes KC-135s and Kc-10s could bomb and refuel in the air at the same time - were very efficient!
Abrams tanks outranged Iraqi Soviet Designed tanks by 1km!
Night Vision goggles and GPS allowed US soldiers to own the night and not get lost
Joint Stars allowed for advanced radar, computer and communication techniques combined to create a surveillance, targeting and battle management system
B-52s were still in use and still frightening
Tomahawk missiles were radar-evading fighter planes without a pilot
How does this link to the Gulf War?
Many accuse the government of using news channels and media manipulation to gain public support
Quote:
“Everyone tuned in, including Saddam Hussein and George Bush. The political and military authorities on both sides needed and used the media to help their causes and to sustain their war efforts...this was a propaganda war” (Shulman, 1994, p. 107)”
Mentioned Facts
Video Game war
Not just limited to America
BBCà banned songs such as ‘Everyone Wants to Rule the World’ and ‘We can work it out’ and completely went with government viewsIF YOU ARE HERE FOR TECHNOLOGY, THERE IS A WHOLE SECTION IN THE MINDMAP right here:
Here are a few for you to look at if you are too lazy:
Amphibious Warfare
Air Refueling Planes
KC-135s and Kc-10s could bomb and refuel in the air at the same time - were very efficient!
Abrams tanks
outranged Iraqi Soviet Designed tanks by 1km!
Night Vision goggles and GPS
allowed US soldiers to own the night and not get lost
Joint Stars
allowed for advanced radar, computer and communication techniques combined to create a surveillance, targeting and battle management system
B-52s were still in use and still frightening
Tomahawk missiles were radar-evading fighter planes without a pilot
Drones were spyful and safe
for more details, please go to
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/gulf/