The Anti-War/Peace Movement in Britain and the Conditions of Information War

Dados Bibliográficos

ID4445467
AutoresJenny Pickerill (0000-0002-2070-705X, University of Leicester), Frank Webster (0000-0002-7318-7713, City, University of London)
Ano2006
Volume20
Fascículo4
Páginas407-423
Data de publicação2006-12-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoInternational Relations (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0047-1178 • E-ISSN: 1741-2862
EditoraSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0047117806069402
OpenAlexW2153469859
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas14
Referências citadas8

Using the concept of Information War we explore the conditions and mediation of contemporary war. Examples from British anti-war and peace movements are then employed to better understand the importance of 'symbolic struggles', focusing on the importance of the internet in recent opposition to wars. These examples signify a shift away from the era where the mediation of war could be closely controlled towards one where the influences of journalists and public opinion are more ambiguous and uncertain. While there is little doubt that those who wage war remain powerful and superior, their need to seek legitimacy amongst their publics, together with the use of new media, provide an environment through which voices of dissent can more easily be amplified

Dissent · Legitimacy · Media studies · Mediation · Opposition (politics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Public opinion · Sociology · Spanish Civil War · Global Security and Public Health · Irish and British Studies · Law · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence