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- Title
Media Events: The Case of International Terrorism.
- Authors
Weimann, Gabriel
- Abstract
Media-oriented terrorism has stirred growing interest in the communication strategy of modern terrorism and in the quantity, forms, and consequences of media coverage of terrorist events. One limitation of previous analyses is the lack of a theoretical framework to pinpoint the uniqueness of terrorism as media drama, and the commonalities with other kinds of media drama. A theoretical media-event framework is proposed. The attributes, social processes, and impact of media events are compared with these same factors in terrorist events. The representative case selected to illustrate terrorist events is the June 1985 TWA airliner hijacking.
- Subjects
TERRORISM in mass media; MASS media; TERRORISTS; INSURGENCY; HIJACKING of aircraft; HIJACKING; CRIMES aboard aircraft; CRIMES against public safety; TERRORISM
- Publication
Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 1987, Vol 31, Issue 1, p21
- ISSN
0883-8151
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1080/08838158709386643