The Vietnam War was the longest war in the history of the United States lasting nineteen and a half years. And it changed the way we thought about war. So the media coverage changed our view and that change in our view resulted in change to our society. It was a war where the media showed so much violence to American citizens that it changed our view of our own soldiers. And this also lead to changed laws and changed trusts. It was a war that generations will hear about forever because of the extreme violence and cruel weaponry used between the U.S. and the Vietnamese.
The war was a result of the division of North and South Vietnam when communism spread from the Soviet Union into China. The United States saw communism as the biggest post …show more content…
The Vietnam war was different than most in that when sitting down to dinner and turning on the T.V. people at home could see the war with their very own eyes as it was happening. Before only those who went to war would understand the brutality of it all but now even the kids got to see exactly what the soldiers were enduring while overseas. This was different in that before there was this disconnect from the battlefield. But during that time the battlefield was brought into your dining room so that one could walk in a figurative sense with the soldiers. For instance Mr. Williams recalls that “One of the most vivid images [that he remembers] from the Vietnam War was the nightly images that appeared on the national news. It was the first time that the media had the ability to actually broadcast the war live right into our living rooms.” (Williams. Enotes.com blog). Over all the media played a large part in shaping how the war was going by showing different aspects of the war. For instance soldiers were portrayed in two different ways. Some people in the media wanted to show the suffering that they were going through, while others wanted to show their dignity and honor. The media played a huge part in forming the stereotypical soldier that people at thome began to accept that as the norm. While there was video footage of the war it was more common for there to be photographs in the …show more content…
Photos by Nick UT show naked terrified children running from the napalm attack in 1972. This photo was held for nudity, but the relevance and the depiction of pure brutality of the war made it a photo that had to be published (The terror of war) A second photo was released was the photo of the Saigon execution. This photo depicts a smaller Vietcong citizen being shot in the temple by a South Vietnamese police man. It is said that the photo was taken when the bullet had entered the man 's head. This scene was not only just a photo it was a video. When it was shown on NBC the editors added a gunshot sound to the silent film to further dramatise the film. (Sobran,
The war was a result of the division of North and South Vietnam when communism spread from the Soviet Union into China. The United States saw communism as the biggest post …show more content…
The Vietnam war was different than most in that when sitting down to dinner and turning on the T.V. people at home could see the war with their very own eyes as it was happening. Before only those who went to war would understand the brutality of it all but now even the kids got to see exactly what the soldiers were enduring while overseas. This was different in that before there was this disconnect from the battlefield. But during that time the battlefield was brought into your dining room so that one could walk in a figurative sense with the soldiers. For instance Mr. Williams recalls that “One of the most vivid images [that he remembers] from the Vietnam War was the nightly images that appeared on the national news. It was the first time that the media had the ability to actually broadcast the war live right into our living rooms.” (Williams. Enotes.com blog). Over all the media played a large part in shaping how the war was going by showing different aspects of the war. For instance soldiers were portrayed in two different ways. Some people in the media wanted to show the suffering that they were going through, while others wanted to show their dignity and honor. The media played a huge part in forming the stereotypical soldier that people at thome began to accept that as the norm. While there was video footage of the war it was more common for there to be photographs in the …show more content…
Photos by Nick UT show naked terrified children running from the napalm attack in 1972. This photo was held for nudity, but the relevance and the depiction of pure brutality of the war made it a photo that had to be published (The terror of war) A second photo was released was the photo of the Saigon execution. This photo depicts a smaller Vietcong citizen being shot in the temple by a South Vietnamese police man. It is said that the photo was taken when the bullet had entered the man 's head. This scene was not only just a photo it was a video. When it was shown on NBC the editors added a gunshot sound to the silent film to further dramatise the film. (Sobran,