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  1. The Military Spouse Community – Online Damali M – AMST 3050-080 TURN YOUR SPEAKERS ON FOR AUDIO GUDIANCE! TURN YOUR SPEAKERS ON FOR AUDIO GUIDANCE!

  2. Who are the “military spouse”? • Military Spouse community online is not only limited wives and husbands. But to fiancés, girlfriends, boyfriends, and, family members who have their significant other or their loved one serving our country. • They are often the hidden minority of the United States.

  3. What social media tools are popular or used within the military spouse community online? • Blogs (Blogspot and Tumblr) • Forums (Many) • Facebook Groups and Twitter MOST SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITES HAVE APPS FOR THEIR PHONE

  4. Why are military spouses are using social media to connect? • To connect with other military spouses who have significant others who are currently deployed or getting ready to deploy (someone who understands their experience) • To find out about current housing and community information about the next “PCS”(Permanent Change of Station)orders or military city(where most US military base are located) • To know more about military information, (pay, government housing, insurance, schools, and health benefits)

  5. How has social media change military spouse community? • To be able to meet women and men who have the same common lifestyles with as them • An outlet for others to vent or express how they feel through struggles that “civilians” would not understand • Be updated on Fundraising events that military bases are doing • To get specific news topics about military/military spouse news

  6. What are the positives and negatives of military spouses using social media?

  7. Historical Information on Military Spouses • Letters (Snail Mail) • Post cards • Journals • Landlines According to the Veteran Journal, there were no military spouse organizations from the United States of America’s post Revolutionary War until the Vietnam War.

  8. Timeline of how the Military Spouse community came to be… Revolutionary War (1775–1783) World War II (1939-1945) Vietnam War (1955-1975) Global War on Terror (2001- Present)

  9. How are the issues of quality and privacy relevant? • OPSEC – Operations Security • Regulations on what military spouses and family members should not be posting online or any kind of social media networks. We want to keep our heroes safe!!! • In Example • Deployment Dates • Homecoming Dates • Location of where platoon or ship is • Secret Operations information

  10. What challenges will the military spouse community face in the future dealing with social media? • Tragic Information or scenes that is not suppose to be leaked on the internet • “Army wife reportedly sees husband die in Afghanistan while on video chat Skype” • Terrorists and Social Media • “Lawmakers worry about terrorists on Twitter” • Professional and Public information displayed

  11. Thank you!

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