Mass-mediated terrorism : mainstream and digital media in terrorism and counterterrorism /
Nacos, Brigitte Lebens
Mass-mediated terrorism : mainstream and digital media in terrorism and counterterrorism / Brigitte Lebens Nacos. - Third edition. - Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2016], c2016. - xix, 265 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Media and terrorism in the twenty-first century -- The Communication calculus of terrorism -- Terrorist always found alternative media -- Computer-assisted political violence or e-terrorism -- Traditional media, terrorism news, and the virus of contagion -- Attack on America as breaking news - a case study -- Terrorism and mass-mediated gender stereotypes -- Political violence as public entertainment -- Terrorism, counterterrorism, and freedom of expression -- Indexing, propaganda model, and counterterrorism news -- Responding to terrorist crises -- Conclusion.
"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."--Back cover.
9781442247611 (paper)
2006101217
Terrorism--Press coverage--United States
Terrorism in mass media
Terrorism and mass media--United States
PN4784 / T45N11 2016
Mass-mediated terrorism : mainstream and digital media in terrorism and counterterrorism / Brigitte Lebens Nacos. - Third edition. - Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2016], c2016. - xix, 265 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Media and terrorism in the twenty-first century -- The Communication calculus of terrorism -- Terrorist always found alternative media -- Computer-assisted political violence or e-terrorism -- Traditional media, terrorism news, and the virus of contagion -- Attack on America as breaking news - a case study -- Terrorism and mass-mediated gender stereotypes -- Political violence as public entertainment -- Terrorism, counterterrorism, and freedom of expression -- Indexing, propaganda model, and counterterrorism news -- Responding to terrorist crises -- Conclusion.
"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."--Back cover.
9781442247611 (paper)
2006101217
Terrorism--Press coverage--United States
Terrorism in mass media
Terrorism and mass media--United States
PN4784 / T45N11 2016