And That's the Way It Is: The Media's Role in Ending the Vietnam War

Jacqueline Theresa Phinney

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Jacqueline Theresa Phinney MLIS Candidate 2012

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Vietnam War, Media

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The Vietnam War, also known as “The Living Room War,” was the first major American conflict to be so honestly documented by the media, as previous war correspondence focused mainly on the positive aspects of the war, to keep morale up on home soil. However, with the advent of television and the American citizen‘s growing need for the truth, the media developed into an entity that no longer delivered second-hand messages, but instead sought their own information, thereby leading to the American people‘s loss of faith in their government and the war it so strongly believed in.

Author Biography

Jacqueline Theresa Phinney, MLIS Candidate 2012

Jacqueline Phinney is currently in her first year of the Master of Library and Information Studies program at Dalhousie University. She graduated from Mount Allison University in 2010 with First Class Honours (Music), where she studied both classical and contemporary vocal technique. She is currently the acting Co-Chair of the Special Libraries Association student chapter at Dalhousie, as well as a member of the Canadian Music Libraries Association.

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And That's the Way It Is: The Media's Role in Ending the Vietnam War

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