TERRORISM AND MASS MEDIA TERRORISM
TERRORISM AND MASS MEDIA TERRORISM

Summary/Abstract: Over the time, it has been found that terrorist attacks bring to the fore the two entities that obtain immediate benefits only from the mere presence of the other one: terrorist organizations and the media.Even if both the media and terrorist organizations obtain certain benefits from terrorist attacks (audience, respectively advertising), they are not the only beneficiaries. In some situations, governments may speculate on this type of violence by exacerbating the terrorist threat and stepping up security measures,which often involve restricting rights and freedoms or diverting public attention from social and economic issues.The real goal of terrorism is not the act itself, but the reaction obtained,the effect, the impact, the cause of terror. This goal is also achieved with the help of the media.Terrorism and the media are in a relationship as complex as it is obvious.This is determined by a mutual distrust that intersects with a mutual need:terrorism needs publicity, and the media needs an audience.

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