Terrorism In Terrorism

“Terrorism's particularly heinous but highly attractive means to achieve political objectives or even radically restructure political foundations is manifest within societies in all reaches of the world. While the practical application of terrorist methodologies comes across as a relatively straightforward craft, the conceptual and ideological understanding, and subsequent evaluation of its socio-political influence, implementation, and psychological impacts present difficult questions, and in some cases conceivably insurmountable obstacles” (Romaniuk 2014, para

"Terrorism has more frequently been associated with violence committed by disenfranchised groups desperately attempting to gain a shred of power or influence" (Juergensmeyer 4), but more often terrorism has been for religion. Terrorism is done to get across someone religious views to others. We are seeing more acts of terrorism on the news today. ISIS being one of the biggest terrorist groups and has attacked on multiple occasions. More then ever, people are on edge to terrorist activity. Although we have come up with new ideas and ways to prevent terrorist attacks terrorism is still growing. After 9/11, the United States changed its policy on the process to board a plan. We try different ways to stop and prevent terrorist attacks but we still find new ways terrorists are attacking us. Terrorist attacks are never acts by on person rather its an act from multiple people. Juergensymeyer talks about different attacks and different ways those attacks where handled.

War of Words: The Effect of the Media on the Iranian Hostage Crisis and the Formation of the Social Identity of Radical Islamic Extremists

An excerpt from the article “Think Before You Tweet in the Wake of an Attack” has written about the correlation between mainstream media coverage and the likelihood of attacks that are caused by the media coverage. “Terrorists have always craved media attention; in April, researcher Michael Jetter, of the University of Western Australia, found that increases in mainstream media coverage of al Qaeda correlated with the likelihood of attacks the following week. And in the age of Facebook and Twitter, everyone's the media. It's not just journalists who must learn to responsibly cover these attention-seeking atrocities but anyone with a Twitter handle.” As the article discusses, social media platforms have now created ways for terrorist to show their atrocities to the world. Which will leads to anyone seeing their acts as others will share the videos that these terrorist have freely posted on site such as twitter and facebook. Speaking of Facebook, the social platform now allows live streaming, which has lead to made it easier for executions, suicides, and other morbid acts to be readily available for anyone. Regardless if they want to see

Some terrorism videos are of the terrorists attacking civilians, burning down buildings, shootings or bomb explosions. (Zero Censorship, 2014-2016) These videos can be viewed from most electronic devices and are uncensored. This material inspires, disgust, and frightens people all in one. Terrorists also use digital media to find potential recruits ready to join the life of terrorism. In recruitment videos terrorists put into the minds of their viewers that what they’re doing is good, and whatever they are going against is bad. They spread their ideology and ask people work with them to get a certain point across or just the feeling of accomplishing something. People who watch these videos and feel like it’s their duty to stand up for the movement are willing to die for the cause, join. Mass media capitalizes from terrorists attacks, this kind of news draws the attention of viewers and readers. Terrorists on the other hand use the mass media coverage to send messages to people world wide, showing they’re a force to be reckoned with and taken seriously. Osama bin Laden was the first terrorists that understood the power of media. With the 9/11 attacks Osama captured the undivided attention of people everywhere. He was the first terrorist to do so. Now ISIS has the power of mass media and use it the same way, to send a message to people everywhere. Communicating

It is claimed that the relationship between terrorism and media is well-researched. It is suggested that in Spencer, A. (2012) researchers struggled in this central question. The focus upon how the western world portrays the information of terrorist related incidents. It has been identified in Spencer, A. (2012) that the fear or terrorism needs to be displayed over social media for example. The terrorist wants not just their victims to suffer. The result of the wider world and the public being informed allows the pressures of insecurity within the public perception. One quote which makes sense of this statement is the

In order to make a subtle but significant impact, terrorists have adapted media to their advantage

The first bit of knowledge that dawned upon me was that, due to attacks such as the Bataclan massacre, the definition of terrorism gets skewed very often. The definition of terrorism is often thought to be in direct association with the Islamic religion. However, Muslim terrorists are not only those who commit crimes and terroristic acts. Terrorists are truly those of any religion, race, or gender who cause terror and kill innocent civilians. Nevertheless, I have realized that the media concentrates on the Islamic aspect of terrorism which makes it seem as though the religion is the one to blame. For example, Omar Mostefai did not use religion as a reason for why he joined ISIS, yet many articles focus on that fact that he is Muslim. The media also only concentrates on the terrorism that occurs in first world countries such as France, yet fails to mention the everyday attacks in Africa and the Middle East. Terrorism happens around the world and that statement should be brought to

Soriano begins his exploration of the relationship between media and terrorism with the words of Marshall McLuham, whose statement that “without communication, terrorism would not exist” is taken by Soriano to be “relatively precocious”, but essentially correct. Though terrorism existed prior to mass media, Soriano argues that it was always about making a public statement, and that new technologies have simply allowed the

Alex P. Schmid (2011), ed “The Routledge Hand Book of Terrorism Research” is a compilation of the analytical findings and reference resources on terrorism and counterterrorism resources. This study is based on empirical research, such as compiling biographies of terrorist operatives in order to generate insights into what types of Individual become a terrorist. Another useful insight to terrorism is provided by “Critical terrorism studies” Richard Jackson, Lee Jarvis, Geroen Gunning and Marie Breen Smyth. In this textbook, the Counter Terrorism Studies scholars outline their critique of orthodox terrorism studies, by providing a counter narrative to the nature and dynamics of terrorism. Richard Jackson, Eamon Murphy and Scott Poynting (2010),

One of the terrorists’ main objectives is to increase the number of comrades that share their radicalized message. They are especially trying to spread their message in North America. “Acts of terrorism are significantly higher in countries with a free media that report and publicize terrorism regardless of the trauma inflicted on victims compared to the prevalence of such attacks in countries with a state-controlled media” (Laqueur). They advertise themselves in America because the country has a free media that would feature its terrorist activities. The terrorists endured a language barrier in their effort of luring Americans to their beliefs. Anthony Lemieux in his article, Inspire Magazine: A Critical Analysis of its Significance and Potential Impact Through the Lens of the Information, Motivation, and Behavioral Skills Model, displays their creative methods of getting past the language barrier. Lemieux argues that the Inspire, a magazine that is produced by Al-Qaeda, is one of the creative aspects terrorists used in defeating the language that was barricading them in spreading of their message to the world, especially in North America. Lemieux also stresses that these magazines are published online which is a great forum to spread the message on the digital broadband. His remarks are supported by Harleen

Specific Purpose Statement: I plan to inform my audience about the history of terrorism and major hypotheses proposed by sociologists.

Terrorism appears to have soared markedly in the past few years. To begin, it seems appropriate to define the term terrorism itself first. The absolute definition of terrorism has been greatly debated globally but it seems like no political institutions or prominent figures have ever come to one clear-cut definition but the term terrorism itself is simply derived from the word terror which indicates terrorism has something to do with fear and agitation. With innumerable technological advancements, terrorists have now been able to strike more efficient and harder than ever which will result in more deaths and also more destructions. Political and religious terrorism or sometimes called extremism are no longer a new thing to us anymore that it

The online media or “web” can also be a tool to collect intelligence in support of terrorist operations and campaigns, and to communicate and disseminate propaganda.

According to the lessons and reading this week, terrorism as we define it now began in the late 1960’s. The unprecedented advances in communication methods since then can be summed up with one word: exponential. In a space of about four decades the communication methods of the planet has expanded vastly. Back in the late 1960's, methods of communication would have been just a few venues: television, print media, and radio. Now, due to the explosive impact of the Internet and the affordability of portable personal tech devices such as “smart phones”, tablets, and laptop computers means anyone with a connection anywhere can connect to people and information, at any time. But, the deeper issues of the contemporary media and the escalating incidents of violence from terrorists are much more troubling. Who, exactly, benefits from the ever-present media coverage of these hateful acts? Is it the terrorist who gain the publicity he craves or is the media channel that seeks increased viewership and ratings? The implications of the assigned readings this week go far beyond just giving these violent cowards a stage and their obligatory moment of fame.