The mundane to the memorial: Circulating and deliberating the war in iraq through vernacular soldier-produced videos

Critical Studies in Media Communication

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 292-313

  Smith, Christina M ^a   Mcdonald, Kelly M ^b  

^a RAMAPO COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Deliberation; Soldier videos; Vernacular discourse; War in iraq; Youtube

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052654332     PISSN: 15295036     EISSN: 14795809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15295036.2011.589031     Document Type: Article

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