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Employing of Media during Terrorism

Employing of Media during Terrorism

Muhammad Ayish
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781466657762|ISBN10: 1466657766|EISBN13: 9781466657779
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5776-2.ch011
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Ayish, Muhammad. "Employing of Media during Terrorism." Exchanging Terrorism Oxygen for Media Airwaves: The Age of Terroredia, edited by Mahmoud Eid, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 157-170. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5776-2.ch011

APA

Ayish, M. (2014). Employing of Media during Terrorism. In M. Eid (Ed.), Exchanging Terrorism Oxygen for Media Airwaves: The Age of Terroredia (pp. 157-170). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5776-2.ch011

Chicago

Ayish, Muhammad. "Employing of Media during Terrorism." In Exchanging Terrorism Oxygen for Media Airwaves: The Age of Terroredia, edited by Mahmoud Eid, 157-170. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5776-2.ch011

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Abstract

Communication has proven to be an integral component of the terrorism phenomenon. To unravel the opportunities and challenges embedded in employing the media during terrorism, this chapter draws on research findings and practical experiences around the world to identify prime actors associated with this issue and to describe their objectives, tactics, and channels of communication. It is argued here that media constitute a vital resource in the war on terror with both terrorist organizations and states harnessing communication to advance their causes in the public sphere. In this context, four categories of media users have been identified: media institutions, terrorist organizations, governments, and citizen groups. The chapter discusses enduring issues associated with each actor's use of media and calls for evolving new conceptual frameworks for understanding media use during terrorism. It concludes by arguing that while we seem to have a huge pool of research findings and practical experiences related to using the media during terrorism, we seem to have a critical shortage in how we conceptually account for the different variables that define the use of media in terrorism situations.

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