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Terrorism, the Media, and the Government: Perspectives, Trends, and Options for Policymakers

Description: Terrorists, governments, and the media see the function, roles and responsibilities of the media when covering terrorist events from differing and often competing perspectives. Such perspectives drive behavior during terrorist incidents--often resulting in both tactical and strategic gains to the terrorist operation and the overall terrorist cause. The challenge to both the governmental and press communities is to understand the dynamics of terrorist enterprise and to develop policy options des… more
Date: October 22, 1997
Creator: Perl, Raphael F.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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