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Media, War, and Terrorism: Responses from the Middle East and Asia » Read Now
by Shoma Munshi, Peter Van Der Veer. 260 pgs.

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Media Coverage and Political Terrorists: A Quantitative Analysis » Read Now
by Richard W. Schaffert. 274 pgs.

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Utilizing his four-year database of barricade-and-hostage and hijacking atrocities by international terrorists and the coverage afforded those events by newspapers from three Western nations (Germany, Great Britain, and the United States), Schaffert observes the effect of media coverage (newspaper...
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Utilizing his four-year database of barricade-and-hostage and hijacking atrocities by international terrorists and the coverage afforded those events by newspapers from three Western nations (Germany, Great Britain, and the United States), Schaffert observes the effect of media coverage (newspaper column space provided, articles and photographs published) on whether concessions were made to terrorist demands, and establishes a strong positive relationship between coverage and terrorist success.
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Tales of Terror: Television News and the Construction of the Terrorist Threat » Read Now
by Bethami A. Dobkin. 134 pgs.

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Based on an analysis of more than 200 evening newscasts aired during the first six years of the Reagan administration, Tales of Terror offers a detailed account of the ways in which news media escalate public panic about terrorism and encourage support for specific U.S. policy objectives, rather...
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Based on an analysis of more than 200 evening newscasts aired during the first six years of the Reagan administration, Tales of Terror offers a detailed account of the ways in which news media escalate public panic about terrorism and encourage support for specific U.S. policy objectives, rather than build sympathy for terrorists. Dobkin explores similarities between news media and government portrayals of terrorism, combining textual criticism with an interpretation of official U.S. policy statements, and argues that government depictions and news presentations of terrorism reproduce an ideology that supports military strength and intervention.
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The Terrorism Spectacle (Includes discussion of the media and terrorism in multiple chapters) » Read Now
by Steven Livingston. 221 pgs.

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...symbiotic relationship between terrorism and the media: the terrorists rely on the...administrations and the news media as terrorism? Chapters two, three, and...55-60;...
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Terrorism and Censorship: The Media in Chains, in Journal of International Affairs » Read Now
by Terry Anderson. 9 pgs.

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...terrorism and the press. THE MEDIA-TERRORISM RELATIONSHIP There can be...precarious relationship between media and terrorism. A wide-ranging debate about...symbiotic...
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The Mass Media in Liberal Democratic Societies (Chap. Five "Modern Terrorism, the Media and Public Opinion") » Read Now
by Stanley Rothman. 344 pgs.

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...examine the effects of media coverage on terrorism. Besides yielding...Most studies of terrorism and its relationship to the media have been written...professionals of the...
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The Media in Postmodern War and Terrorism, in International Journal of Humanities and Peace » Read Now
by Tapio Varis. 5 pgs.

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...The media in postmodern war and terrorism. by Tapio...not. In recent media history, the Vietnam...increasingly emphasized terrorism as the threat to...1992), War and the...
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Inside Terrorism (Chap. 5 "Terrorism, the Media, and Public Opinion") » Read Now
by Bruce Hoffman. 288 pgs.

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Bruce Hoffman describes the changing face of terrorism, probing the new adversaries, new motivations, and new methods that have surfaced in recent years to challenge many of our most fundamental assumptions about terrorists and how they operate. Hoffman dissects terrorism past and present, charting...
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Bruce Hoffman describes the changing face of terrorism, probing the new adversaries, new motivations, and new methods that have surfaced in recent years to challenge many of our most fundamental assumptions about terrorists and how they operate. Hoffman dissects terrorism past and present, charting its evolution and predicting where it might be headed in the next century. Inside Terrorism traces the history of terrorism from its roots in the Reign of Terror that followed the French Revolution, to Communist movements in Russia, Germany, and Italy, to longstanding nationalist organizations such as the PLO, which emerged on the world stage after the massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich. Despite the ambush and murder of its own members, the PLO became a powerful and notorious terrorist group, and made the cause of a Palestinian homeland well known. Turning his attention to recent events, Hoffman argues that our notion of terrorism as a form of limited violence has been shattered by the emergence of more lethal and less predictable terrorist organizations, like the Aum sect in Japan -- responsible for the Tokyo subway nerve gas attack -- fanatical Jewish and Islamic groups in the Middle East, and radical wings of the militia movement in the United States. These fringe groups are built upon -- and react to -- a sense of isolation, and are more likely to use weapons of mass destruction than the nationalist terrorist groups with which we are familiar. Hoffman also considers the issue of media coverage and how it relates to political power. Although the media provide a platform for terrorist agendas, terrorists only occasionally achieve their ultimate political goals by exploiting the media, and are often captured as a result of news reports -- as in the Unabomber case. South Africa's African National Congress, which won sympathy for its plight and eventually obtained power in part through terrorist activities, is a rare exception to the rule. Carefully researched and filled with up-to-date information, Inside Terrorism presents a sharp and chilling portrait of a phenomenon that poses new and ever deadlier threats to peace and stability around the globe.
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Terrorism and Hostage Negotiations (Chap. 5 "Terrorism and the Media: A Dilemma") » Read Now
by Abraham H. Miller. 136 pgs.

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...78 5 TERRORISM AND THE MEDIA: A DILEMMA 82...Ashwood, remarks to the Terrorism and the Media Conference held at the...and Abraham H. Miller, "Terrorism and the Media:...
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The Terrorism of Groups and Individuals, However Horrific, Is Tiny by Comparison with That of States, but the Media Have No Language to Describe State Terrorism, in New Statesman » Read Now
by John Pilger. 2 pgs.

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...Comparison with That of States. but the Media Have No Language to Describe State Terrorism. by John Pilger The world...their source is inevitably the official terrorism for...
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Racism and the North American Media Following 11 September: The Canadian Setting, in Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) » Read Now
by T. Y. Ismael, John Measor. 36 pgs.

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...military strike against terrorism. However, media responses categorically...ending states who sponsor terrorism," the Canadian media was mute. Confined within...the...
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The Muslim World's Take on Terrorism, in World and I » Read Now
by James Emery. 6 pgs.

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...The Muslim Worlds Take on Terrorism. by James Emery...even in the mainstream Muslim media. Editors and reporters routinely...understands the power of the media. A branch of...
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11 September and the Clash of Civilizations: The Role of the Japanese Media and Public Discourse, in Arab Studies Quarterly (ASQ) » Read Now
by Keiko Sakai. 20 pgs.

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...the Japanese media regarding 11...the war against terrorism." In the final...Japanese major mass media groups diverged...co-operation against terrorism. Among those...the...
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Real-Time Responsibility: Journalism's Challenges in an Instantaneous Age, in Harvard International Review » Read Now
by Stephen Jukes. 5 pgs.

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...real choice and are no longer at the mercy of one or two local media outlets for their daily interpretation of events. A US television...has overtly supported US President...
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Television Exposure Not Predictive of Terrorism Fear, in Newspaper Research Journal » Read Now
by Alan M. Rubin, Paul M. Haridakis, Gwen A. Hullman, Shaojing Sun, Pamela M. Chikombero, Vikanda Pornsakulvanich. 18 pgs.

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...have as a result of media coverage of terrorism. (35) We measured faith...Given the amount of media attention on terrorism during the six months...coverage of long-term...