Transnational terrorism and the western elite press
In: Political Communication, Volume 1, Issue 3, p. 269-296
ISSN: 1091-7675
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In: Political Communication, Volume 1, Issue 3, p. 269-296
ISSN: 1091-7675
In: Political communication and persuasion: an international journal, Volume 1, Issue 3, p. 269-296
ISSN: 0195-7473
Transnational terrorism is analyzed as a political resource or, more specifically, as a means of political communication. To examine how terrorists have used the media, a content analysis was performed of the coverage given to a selected sample of 158 incidents of transnational terrorism, between 1968 & 1974, by 2 major daily newspapers of the Western world: The New York Times, & The Times of London. Findings indicate that while transnational terrorism does generate a considerable amount of press attention, the particular type of coverage it receives would appear to undermine the effectiveness of terrorism as a communications strategy. 10 Tables, Appendix. HA.