21st Century Military-Media Relationships: Improving Relations and the Narrative Through Education

Abstract

Although media and information have always influenced international and national security, the impact of information has become a dominant factor in the modem security arena. Today's Joint Force enjoys both a positive narrative and good media relations, and it is critical that the Joint Force maintains and bolsters these positive conditions. Despite this, current trends across all levels of Joint Professional Military Education (JPME) reflect a system that does not sufficiently focus, prioritize, or address sustaining the ability to deliver a timely, accurate, and transparent narrative through cooperative relationships with the media. Because of these shortcomings, military leaders must holistically reexamine the JPME goals and exploit current opportunities in order to provide military leaders career-spanning education focused towards sustaining the military's narrative through positive military-media relations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 30, 2014
Accession Number
ADA600209

Entities

People

  • Sean W. Barnes

Organizations

  • National Defense University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Counter WMD
  • Cyber
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Doctrine
  • Education
  • Governments
  • Military Education
  • Military Operations
  • Military Science
  • Military Training
  • National Security
  • Public Policy
  • Recreation
  • Social Media
  • Students
  • Vietnam War
  • War Colleges
  • Warfare

Readers

  • Joint Military Operations and Doctrine.
  • Military Leadership and Professional Education.