The Public Image of the Military in Leading Magazines (1968-1970)

Abstract

The purpose of the thesis is to examine leading magazines and determine if they provided a balanced presentation of the military in terms of articles and excerpts published. The military affairs content of twenty-one general interest, large circulation magazines was analyzed and compared for the 1968-1970 time period to determine the balance of their coverage as well as that for individual magazines, separate military affairs topics and several specific types of coverage (letters, cartoons, book and movie reviews).

Open PDF

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0733390

Entities

People

  • Edmund A. Wilhelm

Organizations

  • United States Army Command and General Staff College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Defense
  • Education
  • Employment
  • Governments
  • Health Services
  • Military Budgets
  • Military Education
  • Military History
  • Military Personnel
  • Military Science
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Newspapers
  • Personnel Management
  • Recreation
  • Students
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • Educational Psychology
  • Library and Information Science/ Studies, Southeast Asia Studies, Bibliography of Vietnam and Lao Studies.