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In a post-9/11 world and during an American Presidency that is deeply dependent on social media representations such as those on Twitter while at the same time established journalistic resources are discredited as “fake news,” it is important to discuss the influence of image-making on public awareness and the making of memory, especially concerning warfare.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. CREW, Center for Research on the English-Speaking World, Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris, France

    Clémentine Tholas

  2. Communication Studies, Huntington University, Sudbury, ON, Canada

    Janis L. Goldie

  3. Department of Communication, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, USA

    Karen A. Ritzenhoff

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  1. CREW Center for Research on the English, Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris, France

    Clémentine Tholas

  2. Communication Studies, Huntington University, Sudbury, ON, Canada

    Janis L. Goldie

  3. Department of Communication, Central Connecticut State University, New Britain, CT, USA

    Karen A. Ritzenhoff

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Tholas, C., Goldie, J.L., Ritzenhoff, K.A. (2019). Introduction. In: Tholas, C., Goldie, J., Ritzenhoff, K. (eds) New Perspectives on the War Film. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23096-8_1

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