Brigitte Nacos

Mass-Mediated Terrorism

Mainstream and Digital Media in Terrorism and Counterterrorism

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

With 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. This volume will help readers to understand the centrality of media considerations in both terrorism and counterterrorism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Third Edition
• Seitenzahl: 286
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 620g
• ISBN-13: 9781442247604
• ISBN-10: 1442247606
• Artikelnr.: 42809260

Autorenporträt

Brigitte L. Nacos is an adjunct professor in political science at Columbia University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments Introduction to the First Edition Introduction to the
Second Edition Introduction to the Third Edition Chapter 1: Media and
Terrorism in the 21st Century Chapter 2: The Communication Calculus of
Terrorism Chapter 3: Terrorists Always Found Alternative Media: Same
Objectives, Different Technologies Chapter 4: Computer-Assisted Political
Violence or E-Terrorism Chapter 5: Traditional Media, Terrorism News, and
the Virus of Contagion Chapter 6: Attack on America as Breaking News-a Case
Study Chapter 7: Terrorism and Mass-Mediated Gender Stereotypes Chapter 8:
Political Violence as Public Entertainment Chapter 9: Terrorism,
Counterterrorism and Freedom of Expression Chapter 10: Indexing, Propaganda
Model, and Counterterrorism News: How the News Media Cover Counterterrorism
Chapter 11: Responding to Terrorist Crises: Dealing with the Mass Media
Chapter 12: Conclusion Bibliography