The Canadian Armed Forces “YouTube War”: A Cross-Border Military-Social Media Complex

The goal of this paper is to conceptualize, contextualize, and critically analyze the Canadian Armed Forces’ (CAF) use of YouTube to promote itself, recruit soldiers, and frame its role in the post-9/11 U.S.-led NATO war in Afghanistan. The first section of this paper engages with scholarship on war...

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Main Author: Tanner Mirrlees
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Saint Paul University 2015-06-01
Series:Global Media Journal: Canadian Edition
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Online Access:http://www.gmj.uottawa.ca/1501/v8i1_mirrlees.pdf