Comparing How The Media And How The Media Helped Win World War II

I agree that in the cases of the Civil Rights Movement and WWII the media did play a vital role in efforts to encourage social change that helped in both situations. On the other hand, there are plenty of cases where the media gives people false beliefs and ideas, feeds controversy and keeps people arguing about things rather than taking action. There is no question the media's handling of the last Presidential election had a big effect on its outcome no matter how you feel about Trump. Even the negative coverage led to a net effect of him getting the most press out of any candidate ever.

During World War II, Germany’s military was superior to anyone else in the world, with far more advanced technology, tactics, and weaponry. They had a fearless leader who would stop at nothing to make his country great again. Their closest rival, the Soviet Union, was almost out of the picture with a death toll of over 26 million. On top of that, Germany had nothing to lose, and would not conceivably stop. So how then, with all odds against them, did the Allies win the war? A combination of factors affected Germany’s downfall, such as lack of morale, unwieldy weapons, and failure to work with its so-called allies.

Still today the media affects the way people think about a war. It is almost as if the media decides who wins the war and who loses the war. Take for example World War II where we lost battle after battle. The media mostly talked about when we were victorious and how patriotic everyone should be for our country. It may be the fact that we were attacked on our own soil which made the war seems justifiable, but there are other wars where the media thought otherwise. The one that people notice and remember the most is Vietnam War. This was the first war that people could actually see on television. It made the war come into the people’s own homes. Know the public knows how brutal wars can be and the cause of destructions from both sides but then they were just not sure. They knew that people died but they never had to see it. See the United States won almost every battle in the Vietnam War but somehow lost the war. The media only talked about how bad the war was and showed the United States losing or just fighting where it looks like we lost. The media even claimed that we lost battles that we had won. It made the general public think that the war was useless and we were giving up lives for a lost cause. The Vietnamese never attacked us so why should we attack them ran through people's minds. Patriotism was nowhere to be found in the media. Just strikes against the war in

By the mid-1960 's, television was how the American public got their source of news. In 1964, 58% of Americans got most of their news from television. And by 1972, that number rose to 64%. Media had a huge effect on the popular opinion of US citizens. Before the Tet Offensive took place, the media supported the effort at Vietnam. Reporting of military victories and progress. At that time, there was no military censorship which meant that journalists could follow soldiers to the front lines and report their observations without going through the government. During the Vietnam War was the first time the horror of war was brought into the living rooms of Americans. The American public could

After the Second World War, America experienced an economic boom, which has taken the country a step further towards the ideal capitalistic society. In its early developmental stages, the capitalist mode of production prolonged the Marxist discourse on constant class struggle as it was primarily criticized in terms of social inequalities. During post-war years, the initial focus of the discourse has shifted to Frankfurt School criticism of culture industry, where the standardization and commodification of cultural spheres became one of the major defects of the capitalistic system. The notion of class struggle shifted as well, to the clash of high and low cultural forms. Also known as authentic expression versus standardized product of cultural industry. Most recently, the discourse has gone through another important metamorphosis that has made advertising industry and consumerism the main forces, shaping hegemonic culture of mainstream media. The good old notion of the class struggle is currently regarded as the battle between corporate businesses and rebel oppositional forces.

During World War II government agencies, businesses and private organizations issued an array of posters relating to the military front to the home front by calling duty upon every woman to boost production at work and home. Posters conveyed more than simple slogans in fact posters expressed goals and needs of who designed them. They united power of art with the power of advertising to promote the idea that industry and home were also arenas of war. These campaigns not only aimed to increase industrial productivity they also aimed to enlarge people’s view on responsibilities during wartime. In fact, posters are a pragmatic art, they connect client with designer, artist, copywriter, printer and distributor but in many cases this connection become

In times of War, the media plays a crucial role both in reporting, monitoring and giving updates. During the Vietnam War of 1955-1975, the American press played crucial roles of reporting until it ended up shifting its tone under the influence of occurrence of some events like the Tet Offensive, the My Lai Massacre, the bombing of Cambodia and leaking of Pentagon papers resulting into lack of trust in the press (Knightly 1975). From the beginning of the war up to present times there have been undying debates over the role of media in the war. The have been various criticisms over the American News Media’s actions and influences on the outcome of the war. The debate is embedded on the particular political assumptions perceived across the

A Focus group is defined as a research technique that collects data through a group interaction, on a given topic from the researcher. Along with this definition are some essential components. Firstly, it states that, focus groups are research methods devoted to data collection. Secondly, it signifies the interaction of group discussion as a source of data. Lastly, it acknowledges the active role of researchers in establishing the group discussion in order to collect data (David, 1996.p.130).

Media has become a powerful source of knowledge, and a great breakthrough in human history. Who can regret that media is a daily need in our lives. Media has the ability and control to adjust to all levels of knowledge in people. Media helps us to escape from our daily lives and our problems in times of stress. Thou Media as proved to be beneficial by educating, entertaining and informing us, it has also have its downfall, to cause many bad influences to the younger audience. Media has influenced us to conduct bad behavior, breed violence among teens and fear to the public, thus causing a lot of negative conflicts among ourselves. Television, Music, Internet, and more, are just some of the media exposure that needs to be censored and

Media has been around for hundreds of years now. The media used to be only the press. An example is newspapers and magazine.Over time Media itself has been evolving through technology. As technology evolve the media became television, Facebook, twitter, movies, the radios and cellphones. Media, itself has play a leading role throughout history around the world.It has connected people globally and depicts events that are happening globally. Communication has been an essential and integral part of human development since, scientists tell us, there have been humans. The media of that communication have developed and changed drastically over the centuries, ranging from elementary languages to the Internet. Media as a means of communication have been extremely influential in the development of human society, including politics. One place the media has play a significant role in is Africa. The media in Africa has play a significant role politically, economically, and socially since decolonization, which has impacted Africa positively and negatively.

What was the significance of the mass media in Nazi Germany.Propaganda was so important it was used by all.The Nazi’s used mass media to gain popularity.Hitler used mass media to make more know by all.The Nazi’s used mass media so they can be heard and so people would follow what their doing.

Media has always played a huge role in our society. For a long time media was one of the methods of controlling people and leisure. Nowadays media is one of the main part of our lives and our society, because

The Role of Media in the Society Media has always played a huge role in our society. For a long time media was one of the methods of controlling people and leisure. In ancient times when there was no newspapers and television, people used literature as source of information, some books like "the Iliad", and different stories about great kings, shows those people the information about them. Nowadays media is one of the main part of our lives and our society, because we use word media, to combine all sources of information. Average man is spending 4 hours a day on watching TV and reading newspapers.

Expressing, informing and educating those in surround areas explains the development of press and media. Events going on across the world and on Untied States soil were being told to one another in forms that would have not been possible if it were not for the growth of mass media. Press granted self-expression freeing chained thoughts to the masses defended by freedom of speech. Minorities begin to incorporating their culture into mass media building the foundation of diversity in America. Opinions were being heard through while people took into consideration of others feelings and struggles.

It can change opinions because they have access to people and this gives it a lot of strength. This strength can either be used constructively by educating the people or it can be used destructively by misleading the innocent people. Power of the media can transform the whole society especially in the developing countries it can be used as a 'weapon of mass destruction'. But I think the most important use of media is to educate the people about the basic human rights. The dilemma of the developing countries is that people are not fully aware of their basic rights and if they know, they don't know about what to do and where to go. They don't know their collective strength. Even they don't know how to protest and what is the importance of