Medias Impact on Iraq War

Media in modern day affects the public indirectly in more ways than almost anything else. It makes up our opinions for us, and modifies our thoughts and feelings for a lot of big issues including that of the Iraq war. Usually we are affected mostly by the media in the county in which we live in but also by the media of other countries. Media affects the public not only during times of peace but also during times of war. During times of war the media is the most important for the war faring countries both in an attempt at crippling the enemy spirits and to boost the morals of your own troops. This in turn leads to the propaganda warfare fought at the side of the actual physical fighting. The mass media which in most countries is controlled either indirectly or directly by the government, in Iraq for instance the media is controlled directly by the dictatorship under Saddam Hussein’s regime, while in the U.S.A. the media is controlled by wealthy Americans who in one way or another are ...