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Author:

Silvestri, Lisa Ellen.

Title:

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

Publisher:

University Press of Kansas,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

pages cm.

Subject:

United States--History--Military life--History--21st century.
Soldiers--United States--Correspondence.
Deployment (Strategy)--Social aspects--United States.
Social media--Government policy--United States.
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--Social life and customs--21st century.
Soldiers--History--United States--History--21st century.
War and families--United States--History--21st century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Series:

CultureAmerica.

ISBN:

0700621369 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780700621361 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)910664555

LCCN:

2015020375

Locations:

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)