S/P/197. 'A war without propaganda is unthinkable. Propaganda is necessary to mobilise the people against an evil enemy and to provide arguments as to why the war is the best solution to the nation's problems' (Nord & Strombeck). Discuss this proposition using the example of media reporting of the Second Gulf War of early 2003

The paper looks at the role of the media's performance during wars focusing on the Gulf War of 2003 and discussing the work of embedded reporters, their ethical dilemmas, the nature of war intelligence, the justification of the 'humanitarian intervention', etc.