AFGHANISTAN WAR IN MEDIA

Representation of Afghanistan War in Media

Representation of Afghanistan War in Media

Introduction

This paper presents a discourse analysis of media's portrayal regarding the continuing Afghan war. We know that a lot of people have lost their lives due to this war. It is still continuing and there is no one to address the sufferings of poor Afghan, who are the victims of brutal war. The unprecedented control of the United States on media censorship is also a major factor as to why the world opinion is shaping against the legitimacy of Afghan war (Aldridge, 2001, 70).

Once again, the war in Afghanistan is the focus of media and politics. In a war game to search for scapegoats is always tricky. The fact is that our soldiers are not the culprits, partly lured by fair wages - they have gone to Afghanistan to enable peace and partly in the coffin came with a trauma or back home. Not prepared for such operations, initially not knowing what was coming to them, they had to learn quickly what it means to live again in the war that lasted years without achieving peace. This is not surprising, because the past should have taught people that peace is always possible without weapons. The majority of the population in Afghanistan are ordinary citizens; this "war" certainly did not (Aldridge, 2001, 71).

Media and the Necessity of War

By the time the media exquisitely realised the situation, it quickly gave the impression that this "war" must necessarily be done, just because an enemy is an enemy, and there will be no questions. Wars do not arise from our natural cycle, are not forces of nature. But this is exactly the impression one got during the show. Victims should be compensated by the dramatic apparent threat to the Western world. In how far this threat real, is it a capital war or not, it is quite enough discussion, so will that this not be the subject of this article, because no analysis helps the wars are over - this can only be achieved through a change in human consciousness. If you show people with military weapons and how precious and beautiful can be peace? Arises out of the logic associated with this question is already pure, bitter irony. Nevertheless, efforts to show, somehow justify this use, but you can still of course understand the difficult situation for our soldiers. War to use as a media format has, with human rights and human dignity absolutely nothing in common.

Media have both something positive and something negative in itself. The positive aspect is that we are not in Afghanistan, to see something from the war. The negative impact of the media can be seen, for example in the case of Prince Harry. The press destroyed his dream to be treated once, like his comrades, not to be protected from hazards and, especially for a short time the prince's life. Through the indiscretion of the media it was too dangerous for him ...