Fighting Wars through Radio Broadcasts
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Various nations across the globe have always used media as a tool to safeguard their strategic interests by promoting their ideologies, cultural or democratic values; policies and priorities, political ambitions and at the same time used media in propaganda and counter propaganda operations both in times of peace and war. Such an exercise has mostly been accomplished through official media under control of the Governments or funded by parties or regime in power. Whether in democratic, communist or theocratic nations or in countries ruled by Army or dictators, the official media has mostly been used to safeguard the strategic interests and security concerns of the establishment. The government controlled media while carrying forward three basic principles of educating, entertaining and informing the audience, has also been extensively used as a psychological warfare and a propaganda tool in combating insurgency and conflict situations. The medium has proved as a strong tool while fighting the war of words and boosting the morale of the security forces across the nations.
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