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Ethics, Decision-Making, and Risk Communication in the Era of Terroredia: The Case of ISIL

Ethics, Decision-Making, and Risk Communication in the Era of Terroredia: The Case of ISIL

Mahmoud Eid
Copyright: © 2017 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781522509882|ISBN10: 1522509887|EISBN13: 9781522509899
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0988-2.ch033
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Eid, Mahmoud. "Ethics, Decision-Making, and Risk Communication in the Era of Terroredia: The Case of ISIL." Violence and Society: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2017, pp. 616-631. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0988-2.ch033

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Eid, M. (2017). Ethics, Decision-Making, and Risk Communication in the Era of Terroredia: The Case of ISIL. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Violence and Society: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice (pp. 616-631). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0988-2.ch033

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Eid, Mahmoud. "Ethics, Decision-Making, and Risk Communication in the Era of Terroredia: The Case of ISIL." In Violence and Society: Breakthroughs in Research and Practice, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 616-631. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2017. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-0988-2.ch033

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Abstract

Terrorism today is one of the most frequent global severe stress situations. The advanced and widespread new media and information technologies as well as modern tactics of terrorism make the public of any nation in exposure, directly and indirectly, to uncertain potential acts of terrorism. The relationship between terrorists and media personnel has grown widely influential, and has been described recently by the term terroredia, in which the public is the main target of both terrorism and the media. Both responsibility and rationality are fundamental weights for the effectiveness of risk communication during times of terrorism. This paper critically analyzes how policymakers in several Western countries have communicated to the public, through the media, the risk of terrorist attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) against their individuals and societies. The study uncovers that rationality and responsibility are lacking in Western media decision-making regarding the risk of ISIL's potential activities.

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