Technologies of representation´s relation to public opinion regarding the use of military force

Author

Weyker, S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Gov. & Politics, Maryland Univ., College Park, MD, USA

fYear

1997

fDate

20-21 Jun 1997

Firstpage

50

Lastpage

57

Abstract

The dysfunctional aspects of television news media´s reporting on war can usefully be thought of as originating the simulation and virtual presence technologies with which the news media gather and construct the news in the first place. Some characteristics of those technologies are discussed and the limitations of each´s capability to represent events is tied to the common complaints about the TV reporting on war either being to sanitized or too sensational for it to usefully inform public discourse about the appropriate use of military force

Keywords

government policies; military computing; simulation; socio-economic effects; television; virtual reality; military force; public discourse; representation relation; simulation technology; television news media reporting; virtual presence technology; war; Appropriate technology; Cellular neural networks; Communications technology; Educational institutions; Electrooptic effects; Government; Insulation; Quality management; Stability; TV;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Technology and Society, 1997. 'Technology and Society at a Time of Sweeping Change'. Proceedings., 1997 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Glasgow

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3982-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISTAS.1997.658861

Filename

658861