Friday, May 27, 2011
Technologic advances in past and present wars in media
The war in Vietnam and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were differ in many ways, not just the location of the wars but the technology we used to cover the stories in the news. The technology that is used in the modern day war such as in Iraq and Afghanistan has developed and has become far more advanced, faster, efficient, and easier to use. for example if a catastrophic event happens in the war, the news can produce a live feed to the united states thus notifying us in literally seconds. Back in the Vietnam war it took time and work such as taking a captivating photo and then writing an article of what happened, then they would have to mail it over to the news crew to have it published in the news paper. furthermore the war was not covered everyday as it could be today. It is clear that both wars were different in the way they were covered by the media. It all leads back to how technology has advanced and what else it has come to.