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

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., [2016], c2016.Edition: Third editionDescription: xix, 265 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781442247611 (paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN4784  T45N11 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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."--Back cover.
List(s) this item appears in: Print Books 2021
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Books Books Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Reserve Section Non-fiction RUS PN4784 T45N11 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Room use only 76817 00076801

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.

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