"This book offers an East-West comparative analysis of mediatised terrorism. This is the first country-specific analysis of the mediatisation of terrorism, with Pakistan and Australia representing the two worlds, respectively. Caught up in the '9/11 effect', Australia is known f…
Mediatised terrorism: East-West narratives of risk
by Ali, Saira
fromCritical Terrorism Studies
"This book offers an East-West comparative analysis of mediatised terrorism. This is the first country-specific analysis of the mediatisation of terrorism, with Pakistan and Australia representing the two worlds, respectively. Caught up in the '9/11 effect', Australia is known f…
Why are some crimes identified as acts of terrorism, while others are not? How are critical terms like <<terrorism>> and <<mass shooting>> defined and understood in the 21st century? What are some of the causes of the unique American epidemic of mass shootings and gun violence? …
Why are some crimes identified as acts of terrorism, while others are not? How are critical terms like "terrorism" and "mass shooting" defined and understood in the 21st century? What are some of the causes of the unique American epidemic of mass shootings and gun violence? Terr…
[This] book is "not meant to be a comprehensive study of September 11 and all the factors that went into it. Rather, [the author's] hope is that it will constitute a 'word album' that captures and preserves the raw, unpolished, emotional and analytical responses that illustrate …
If The New York Times were a high school yearbook, Thomas Friedman would be "Most Likely To Succeed." For more than two decades, he has trained his agile, disciplined mind on unraveling the palace intrigue and radical movements of Middle Eastern politics. He tells a story about …
Collects the twice-weekly columns by the foreign affairs writer for the "New York Times" as published since September 11 to document the nation's emotional and analytical responses of the attacks and their aftermath.
This book is made up of the columns Friedman has published about September 11, the most momentous news story of our time, as well as a diary of his travels worldwide in the wake of these events. The author is the winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on these event…
America's leading observer of the international scene on the minute-by-minute events of September 11th, before, during and after As the Foreign Affairs columnist for the The New York Times, the author is in a unique position to interpret the world for American readers. Twice a w…
Terrorism, Press coverage, politics and government.
America's leading observer of the international scene on the minute-by-minute events of September 11th, before, during and after As the Foreign Affairs columnist for The New York Times, the author is in a unique position to interpret the world for American readers. Twice a week,…
"With all new and expanded chapters, the third edition provides an in-depth look at how terrorists exploit mass media to get attention, spread fear and anxiety among the targets of this sort of violence, and threaten further attacks. The traditional news media's appetite for sho…