1. A study in how the media has influenced the
perception of militaries around the world.
(All underlined bits in essay are from articles and will be in bibliography)
Film and TV has helped influence the perception militaries around the world,
as due to recent events militaries around the world have had a light shone on
them that until now was very rare, this is due to the recent riseof action and
war themed TV shows and films.
Due to veterans coming back from conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, who have
written autobiographies and had biographies written about them getting so
much love and money that allows them to be created into tv or big screen
adaptions, to reach a bigger audience, an example of this is the critically
renowned film “American sniper”, which follows Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris
Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him
into a legend. Back home with his family after four tours of duty, however,
Chris finds that it is the war he can't leave behind. The film shed light on a lot
of experiences that the soldiers faced, and gave other veterans to share their
stories leading to a surgein autobiographies and biographies which also
portray their horrors and their good, as there is a common theme in most of
them, the military isn’tjust a team or group of people it’s a family. This
influenced people’s perception of the military well I believe as it shows people
how tight nit the military actually is from the perspectiveof someone who has
experienced it through the good and bad.
Another way Film and TV haveimpacted the military is with the growing riseof
reality TV, many producers aretaking to the military scenes to create
entertainment, a few examples of this are; SAS: who dares wins, lads army,
military driving school, SAS: are you tough enough and many more. A lot of
these series follow ex-military teachers who take civilians or celebrities and
show them through what military training is like and to see if they could make
it through the training. SAS who dares wins follows AntMiddleton (ex SAS
soldier) who with a team of other British special forces veterans takes civilians
2. and celebrities through a rough mock of SAS training, which pushes the
participants to their limits, both physically and mentally. This has shone a
positive light on the military and broughtwell earned respect to the men and
women who attempt and pass the real courseand earn the name a SAS
soldier.
The rise of film and tv has also negatively impact on the perception of
militaries too, as with somefilms or TV shows negatively depicting the military
due too political views or personalviews such as “the patrol”, “apocalypse
now”, “ . This has a negative impact on the military as it
