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1 - Introduction: Motivation, Purpose and Structure of the Book

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2023

Iulian Chifu  and
Greg Simons
By
Iulian Chifu  and
Greg Simons
Iulian Chifu
Affiliation:
National Defence University, Bucharest
Greg Simons
Affiliation:
Uppsala Universitet, Sweden
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Summary

The reason and motivation behind researching and writing the book is presented, along with a description of the individual chapter content. A series of research questions are posed, with the intended purpose and role of bringing together the diverse content and analysis that is presented across the chapters.

Keywords

mass mediamass communicationpoliticscontemporary warfare
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Chapter
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Rethinking Warfare in the 21st Century
The Influence and Effects of the Politics, Information and Communication Mix
 , pp. 1 - 19
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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