Comm 110 1st EditionLecture 12Issues and Stakes: War & MilitarizationI. Nationalism/ Patriotism/ Ideologya. Nationalism – a political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a nationb. Patriotism – a devotion to one’s homeland, one’s countryi. Can be negativec. Ideology – a set of ideas that constitute one’s goals, expectations, and actionsd. All three words are put together because of the idea to not think about things and move beyond our assumptionsII. Censorship/ National Securitya. Censorship – the suppression of speech or other public communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient as determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling bodyb. National security – the requirement to maintain the survival of the state through the useof economic power, diplomacy, power projection and political power by government operativesc. Where should the line be drawn?i. We can’t show people dying and stuff but that doesn’t mean we cant show anything at allii. This is something our political systems deals with on a political basisIII. State/ Terrorisma. Terrorism – the systematic use of terror, often violent, especially as a means of coercionb. State terrorism – used to refer to terrorist acts by government agents or forcesi. North KoreaIV. Euphemisma. Euphemism – a generally innocuous word, name, or phrase that replaces an offensive or suggestive oneb. Used a lot in spinc. Examplesi. Poor = economically disadvantagedii. Broke = temporary negative cash flowiii. Slums = substandard housingiv. Issues related to war and foreign occupation = collateral damageV. Embedded Journalisma. Embedded journalism – refers to news reporters being attached to military units involved in armed conflictsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.b. If you’re a journalist you probably won’t say anything negative about the people that aresaving your livesc. Considered controversiald. Part of propaganda and become very tricky and hard to comprehendVI. War in Americaa. Is the US an empire? A violent nation?i. We have military bases in a lot of areas so we can say we’re an empireii. Idea of not necessarily violent but not necessarily peace keepersb. How do we generally view war as Americans?i. Good for the economy bad for moralsii. “Support the troops”iii. People go to way and come back crazy 1. We don’t really look at the overall consequencesc. How is war portrayed in the Media?i. News1. Hear about the issues of other countries, but don’t really talk about the issues we have in the USa. Used to mask what is going on in our own countryii. Film/TV1. A lot of explosions and think its cool2. Don’t have a critique of what happens in reality3. Rambo, Platoond. War expendituresi. We spend a lot of money on way ii. Lately a lot of our state senators signed a bill not going to give some military families fundingVII. US warsa. Revolutionary Warb. War of 1812c. Mexican Ward. Civil Ware. Spanish- American Wari. All these based off of creating our countryVIII. Militarization of policea. Americans neighborhoods are increasingly being policed by cops armed with the weapons and tactics of wari. Ferguson ii. Looking more like military than policeiii. Mistrust because they look