在信息争夺日趋激烈的现代战场上,新闻媒介对军事行动的影响,已为越来越多的军事家所重视。美国陆车1993年版《野战条令》就指出,“视觉媒介对实施军事行动的影响,在今天比以往任何时候都要大得多”。对于这种影响,透过海湾战争可以窥见一斑。在1991年的海湾战争中,新闻界首次通过全球新闻网向全世界报道了战争景况,1600多名新闻记者云集沙特,美军中央总部共举行了98次新闻发布会, In the increasingly fierce battlefield of information warfare, the influence of the news media on military operations has been paid more and more attention to by military strategists. The 1993 U.S. Army Truck Terrorism Directive states that “the impact of visual media on the implementation of military operations is much greater today than ever before.” For this kind of influence, we can get a glimpse through the Gulf War. In the 1991 Gulf War, the press first reported the war to the world through the Global News Network. More than 1,600 journalists gathered in Saudi Arabia. The U.S. Central Headquarters held 98 press conferences,