For most of us, clicking "like" on social media has become fairly
routine. For a Marine, clicking "like" from the battlefield lets
his social network know he's alive. This is the first time in the
history of modern warfare that US troops have direct, instantaneous
connection to civilian life back home. Lisa Ellen Silvestri's
Friended at the Front documents the revolutionary evolving military
guidelines for social media engagement, Silvestri explores specific
practices amongst active duty Marines such as posting photos and
producing memes. Her interviews, observations, and research reveal
how social network sites present both an opportunity to connect
with civilians back home, as well as an obligation to do so-one
that can become controversial for troops in a war zone. Much like
the war on terror itself, the boundaries, expectations, and dangers
associated with social media are amorphous and under constant
negotiation. Friended at the Front explains how our communication
landscape changes what it is like to go to war for individual
service members, their loved ones, and for the American public at
large change in the way we communicate across fronts. Social media,
Silvestri contends, changes what it's like to be at war. Based on
in-person interviews and online with the US Marines, Friended at
the Front explores the new media habits, attitudes, and behaviors
of troops on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan, and some of the
complications that emerge in their wake. The book pays particular
attention to the way US troops use Facebook and YouTube to narrate
their experiences to civilian network members, to each other, and,
not least of all, to themselves. After she reviews evolving
military guidelines for social media engagement, Silvestri explores
specific practices amongst active duty Marines such as posting
photos and producing memes. Her interviews, observations, and
research reveal how social network sites present both an
opportunity to connect with civilians back home, as well as an
obligation to do so-one that can become controversial for troops in
a war zone. Much like the war on terror itself, the boundaries,
expectations, and dangers associated with social media are
amorphous and under constant negotiation. Friended at the Front
explains how our communication landscape changes what it is like to
go to war for individual service members, their loved ones, and for
the American public at large.
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