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Brigitte L. Nacos is an adjunct professor in political science at Columbia University.
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the First Edition
Introduction to the Second Edition
Introduction to the Third Edition
Chapter 1: Media and Terrorism in the 21st Century
Chapter 2: The Communication Calculus of Terrorism
Chapter 3:Terrorists Always Found Alternative Media: Same Objectives, Different Technologies
Chapter 4:Computer-Assisted Political Violence or E-Terrorism
Chapter 5:Traditional Media, Terrorism News, and the Virus of Contagion
Chapter 6:Attack on America as Breaking News—a Case Study
Chapter 7:Terrorism and Mass-Mediated Gender Stereotypes
Chapter 8:Political Violence as Public Entertainment
Chapter 9: Terrorism, Counterterrorism and Freedom of Expression
Chapter 10:Indexing, Propaganda Model, and Counterterrorism News: How the News Media Cover Counterterrorism
Chapter 11: Responding to Terrorist Crises: Dealing with the Mass Media
Chapter 12: Conclusion
Bibliography
Nacos’s needful third edition is the best there is. No other book is as accessible, as comprehensive, as insightful, as timely, or as useful in parsing bitter election-year debates about how to define, discuss, and respond to terrorist violence at home and abroad. Every American should read it. Now.
— David A. Green, associate professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice and author of When Children Kill Children: Penal Populism and Political Culture
• New edition of a successful text that explains the centrality of media and communication in the terrorist scheme and in the ways governments respond to terrorist strikes and threats.
• First edition was Highly Recommended by Choice.
• Complete update and rewriting of the previous edition.