Research Catalog

Title

Friended at the front [electronic resource] : social media in the American war zone / Lisa Ellen Silvestri.

Author

Silvestri, Lisa Ellen.

Publication

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2015]

Details

Description

1 online resource (xv, 239 pages)

Series Statement

CultureAmerica

Uniform Title

Friended at the front (Online)

Alternative Title

• Friended at the front (Online)
• Social media in the American war zone

Subject

• United States. Marine Corps > Social life and customs > 21st century > Case studies
• Facebook (Electronic resource) > Social aspects > United States
• YouTube (Electronic resource) > Social aspects > United States
• Soldiers > United States > Correspondence
• Deployment (Strategy) > Social aspects > United States
• Social media > Government policy > United States
• Soldiers > United States > Social life and customs > 21st century
• Soldiers > Family relationships > History > United States > 21st century
• War and families > United States > History > 21st century
• United States > Armed Forces > Military life > History > 21st century

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-234) and index.

Access (note)

• Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

List of military abbreviations -- Introduction: new faces of war -- Incongruities across social media and military cultures -- From posting mail to posting status -- Photos from the field -- Marine Corps video memes -- Conclusion: this means war.

LCCN

2015020375

OCLC

ssj0001557039

Author

Silvestri, Lisa Ellen.

Title

Friended at the front [electronic resource] : social media in the American war zone / Lisa Ellen Silvestri.

Imprint

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2015]

Series

CultureAmerica

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-234) and index.

Access

Access restricted to authorized users.

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Available onsite at NYPL