From quills to tweets : how America communicates about war and revolution / Andrea J. Dew, Marc A. Genest, and S. C. M. Paine, editors.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dew, Andrea J.

Contributor:

Dew, Andrea J., editor.

Genest, Marc A., 1958- editor.

Paine, S. C. M., 1957- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mass media and war--United States.

Mass media and war.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : Georgetown University Press, [2019]

Summary:

While today's presidential tweets may seem a light year apart from the scratch of quill pens during the era of the American Revolution, the importance of political communication is eternal. This book explores the roles that political narratives, media coverage, and evolving communication technologies have played in precipitating, shaping, and concluding or prolonging wars and revolutions over the course of US history. The case studies begin with the Sons of Liberty in the era of the American Revolution, cover most wars in American history, and conclude with a look at the conflict against ISIS in the Trump era. Special chapters also examine how propagandists shaped American perceptions of two revolutions of international significance, the Russian Revolution and the Chinese Revolution. Each chapter analyzes its subject through the lens of the messengers, messages, and communications technology media to reveal the effects on public opinion and the trajectory and conduct of the conflict. The chapters collectively provide an overview of the history of American strategic communications that will interest scholars, students, and communications strategists.

Contents:

Introduction : message, messenger, medium, and political environment / Andrea J. Dew, Marc A. Genest, S.C.M. Paine

Introduction : committees of correspondence & early newspapers / Andrea J. Dew, Marc A. Genest, and S.C.M. Paine

The message heard "round the world" and the first American political campaign / Marc A. Genest

Why communication mattered in the war of 1812 / Troy Bickham

Introduction : mass circulation newspapers, magazines and the telegraph / Andrea Dew, Marc Genest, and S.C.M. Paine

The communications revolution during the Civil War / Martin Manning

The Cuban junta in exile and the origins of the Spanish-American war / Michelle D. Getchell

Narrating the war in the Philippines, 1899/1902 / David J. Silbey

John Reed and US perceptions of the Russian revolution / Bruce A. Elleman

Theodore Roosevelt's verbal insurgency against Woodrow Wilson in World War I / J. Lee Thompson

Introduction : early mass media : print & radio / Andrea Dew, Marc Genest, and S.C.M. Paine

Edgar Snow and shaping US perceptions of the Chinese civil war / S.C.M. Paine

Franklin D. Roosevelt and World War II / Michael Carew

Selling a limited war in Korea, 1950/53 / Steven Casey

Introduction : mass media : print, radio, television & cable / Andrea Dew, Marc Genest, and S.C.M. Paine

How presidents explained Vietnam, 1954/1975 / David Kaiser

American wartime communication strategies during Gulf War I / Judith Baroody

Introduction : the twenty-first century information age : print, radio, cable TV, internet, and social media / Andrea Dew, Marc Genest, and S.C.M. Paine

Struggling to overcome the Afghan Taliban's master narratives / Thomas Johnson and Matthew Dupeø

The challenge of out-communicating the Islamic State / Haroro J. Ingram and Craig Whiteside

Communicating the global war on terror from speeches to tweets / Andrea J. Dew

Conclusion : tweaking the tweets / Andrea J. Dew, Marc A. Genest, S.C.M. Paine

List of contributors.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62616-713-3