What is the media installing in us about the war?

What is the media really portraying to us?

Since all of us are roughly the same age (early 20's) we have been exposed to this "violent," culture since we were in diapers. Not only is it portrayed almost nightly on the news, but we also see this element in almost every "action-packed" movie that hits the big screen. To go along with that, it also is in almost every video game that has ever been created. With that being said, our article "Playing the War on Terror," illustrates this statement called Netwar Citizens. Stahl talks about how "war's technological and rhetorical trajectory in the twentieth century can be thought of as a long process of integration of the homefront and battlefield." This very quote strikes up quite the controversy to the American citizen and our classroom discussion is a prime example of that statement. While on the topic of "war," several classmates had different views to this concept. My view falls right in line with Stahls. I believe that our culture has intertwined this concept of taking war to the homefront. This meaning that our media is throwing this specific perception of war in every American's face, in which, we can not escape from it bur rather adapt to it. No wonder there is a term called the "virtual citizen-soldier," that is what every "gamer," thinks they are anyways. I truly believe that the advances in technology have enhanced the average American to feel like they really are on the "battlefield." Quite frankly this gets on my nerves, because the media portrays this as a "game," and when you have family that is in the military it is so much more than that. Real war is not "Call-Of-Duty," in which you can die and then just start up a new round, it is real for an actual soldier except for them there is no "new round." I feel that a lot of my classmates could relate to my view due to the input they gave in class, however I am sure there are a few that hold different views. Just like anything in life, if you enjoy something you get defensive to those that are against it. To the gamers in the class, they might disagree or truly believe that they could fight at war due to the skills they possess on these video games. To each there own, but if they do view the "violent" culture in that light then I truly believe that media has "got the best of them," because that is not reality but war is.