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Chapter 6: EVALUATING A MAJOR DILEMMA: Terrorism, the Media, and…
Chapter 6: EVALUATING A MAJOR DILEMMA: Terrorism, the Media, and Censorship
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terroirist and the media
The best way for terrorist to obtain desired objectives is to rely of the assiastance of the reporters.
Black September – an operational unit of the Al- Fatah terrorism organization – launched an attack against Israeli athletes participating in the international games
Black September:
An operational unit of the Al-Fatah terrorism organization that initiated the terrorist attacks on Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games in 1972.
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Alex Schmid offers perspectives about the negative impacts of the media and the ocuurance of terroist atatacks
Arousal hypothesis. Media reports on terrorism can increase people’s interest in acting aggressively (e.g. terrorism may be seen as a legitimate way to accomplish goals).
Disinhibition hypothesis. Violence portrayed by the media may weaken the reticence of others to participate in terrorism (e.g. people become immune to the violence of terrorism).
Social learning theory. Observing terrorist attacks in the news may be the first step in generating similar type of behavior among others (e.g. people learn from what they see).
Social learning theory. Observing terrorist attacks in the news may be the first step in generating similar type of behavior among others (e.g. people learn from what they see).
goverment and the media
publicity focouses attention on a group as wellas the public. publicity focuses attention on a group strneghening its morale and helping to attract recruits and sympathizers.
Arab Spring:
A series of uprisings and armed rebellions that spread across the Middle East in 2010 and 2011.
goverment officals may take speical interest in the media to portray itself in the best possible light to the public.
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Built-in Escalation Hypothesis
More deadly and visible attacks are required to get equal media coverage in the future