Jim


 * The effect of Modern Mass Media on War.**

There were so many subjects and issues that I wanted to focus on for my final project that i did't really know where to start. I decided to look into the effects of modern mass media on war because it is something that i've always thought carried huge conflict and contradiction in so many ways. After the terrorist attacks of 9-11, and the "the war on terror" started in Afganistan and Iraq, it seemed like mass media coverage of the war hit an all time high. When the war in Afganistan started, and the hunt for Osama Binladen persued, along with the invasion of Iraq and the removal of Sadam Huseinne, it seemed like that was all that was on television and across the internet. As the war on terrorism progressed and media coverage of the war flooded all the avenues available of media, I began to wonder how close and immedeaite coverage of the war, could effect the outcome and intelligence of the war. Does the "Live" coverage actually compromise the itellegence, protcols, and strategies of our military to win the war. It seemed like to me that if the terrorists wanted to know how to best be prepared to fight our military, plan their best strategy, and even thwart our efforts to defeat them, all they'd have to do is turn on CNN and see when and where our next move was going to be. They could see what kind of weapons we were using, how many troops there would be, and all kinds of other little underlying elements of our military that they could exploit, due to the simple fact that it was all over television.