Cross-Cultural Communication Failures in the America/Iraq War: A Participant’s Viewpoint

CROSS-CULTURAL COMMUNICATION FAILURES IN THE AMERICA/IRAQ WAR: A PARTICIPANT’S VIEWPOINT By JIM SCHNELL Abstract As the U.S. continues with military operations in Iraq the implications of shallow doctrine and subsequently vague mission objectives has been given thorough coverage in mass media. This reporting has, in turn, impacted U.S. execution of the war. Thus, mass media coverage conveys the story and has become part of the story it is reporting. Thus, there is a communicative nexus between mass media and war. JCMRJournal of Communication and Media Research, Vol. 1, No. 1, April 2009, 1 – 9. About the author Jim Schnell, Ph.D., Colonel, USAFR (retired), Professor, Ohio Dominican University, Columbus, Ohio 43219, U.S.A. Full Article Words: 5,382 Pages: 9 To access full article, click on download. Article Citation Schnell, J. (2009): Cross-cultural communication failures in the America/Iraq war: A participant’s viewpoint. Journal of Communication and Media Research 1 (1): 1 – 9.