Mass-mediated terrorism : mainstream and digital media in terrorism and counterterrorism / Brigitte L. Nacos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nacos, Brigitte Lebens, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Terrorism--Press coverage--United States.

Terrorism.

Terrorism in mass media.

Terrorism and mass media--United States.

Terrorism and mass media.

Terrorism--Press coverage.

United States.

Physical Description:

xix, 265 : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2016]

Summary:

With all new and expanded chapters, the third edition provides an in-depth look at how terrorists exploit mass media to get attention, spread fear and anxiety among the targets of this sort of violence, and threaten further attacks. The traditional news media's appetite for shocking, sensational, and tragic stories has always resulted in over-coverage of terrorist events and threats. But today, social media, such as Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, allow terrorists to communicate directly with huge audiences around the globe spreading their propaganda, radicalizing and recruiting followers, and providing know how to "lone wolves." On the other hand, governments in democracies, too, utilize mass media to enlist public support for counterterrorist measures. This volume will-help readers to understand the centrality of media considerations in both terrorism and counterterrorism. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Media and Terrorism in the Twenty-First Century 1

2 The Communication Calculus of Terrorism 27

3 Terrorists Always Found Alternative Media 49

4 Computer-Assisted Political Violence or E-Terrorism 69

5 Traditional Media, Terrorism News, and the Virus of Contagion 93

6 Attack on America as Breaking News-a Case Study 115

7 Terrorism and Mass-Mediated Gender Stereotypes 141

8 Political Violence as Public Entertainment 157

9 Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Freedom of Expression 173

10 Indexing, Propaganda Model, and Counterterrorism News 191

11 Responding to Terrorist Crises 203

12 Conclusion 231.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

OCLC:

940573990