Thatcher's Perception Of Terrorism

1.) Asa Don Brown, the author of “Desensitization of Terrorism,” focuses on how the influence of the media and social media have desensitized us when it comes to terrorist attacks. Brown directs the article toward an audience who questions why they are no longer as surprised by terrorist attacks when they occur as they used to be. This seems like an extremely odd feeling to have when several people are killed and hundreds are hurt, however, it is the strange reality these days. Terrorist attacks have been happening for years and years now and while we would love to just stop them from occurring, this is blatantly impossible to achieve. He emphasizes in the article, the idea that when terrorist attacks and the terrorists themselves are

Social factors like media propaganda and conformity have prevented me from answering the survey questions rationally. In the aftermath of the tragic event in France on November 13th, there was extensive media coverage on the incident, and the likelihood for future terrorist attack became the hottest topic amongst my family and friends. The media often portrays itself as an objectively neutral source of information, and by doing so they are able to persuade their viewers more effectively. Furthermore, the effectiveness of media propaganda drastically increases if emotional appeals are incorporated in the messages. This can be observed in a study which shows that smokers who got frightened when watching a film on the dangers of smoking, were more likely to quit smoking, and in this case, the media is making use of my fear (Leventhal 1970). Different forms of media, e.g. news on television, newspaper, online news articles, and talk shows, all painted the Syrian refugees as potential threats to our safety. For example, in one article, a journalist discusses the potential danger we would be in if terrorists were to pose as Syrian refugees and

In her speech, Thatcher goes through and illustrates that even though in the end of the Cold War, Ronald Reagan won out, and America came through, not everyone was supportive of his plans. In fact, many of the American citizens had been skeptical about his plans when he chose to make an agreement with the man who had turned from ally to enemy in recent years before that. Not many people could see why Reagan would make such a bold move, but Thatcher knew that there was a reason the two conflicting countries had gotten through without firing a shot, and that reason was because Reagan knew what he was doing. In her speech, Margaret Thatcher uses the

Tactics to induce terror in pursuit of a political goal have been utilized by a multitude of organizations across the globe. This method of power control is known as terrorism, and due to its impact and unpredictability, it is highly feared and monitored today in the 21st century. Attacks of this nature stem from radical beliefs of religion, ethics, or other politics, and have been carried out globally, ranging from the 9/11 attack in New York City to the 2015 shooting in Paris, France. Terrorism over recent years has grown despite an abundance of efforts by many nations and international organisations to stop development of such groups. This growth is partially attributed to advances in digital technology and the furtherment of communication techniques, such as social media and web-based content, which has allowed for the spread of these radical ideas across the planet making it difficult to control the advancement of these beliefs (Council on Foreign Relations, 2009). Terrorism will never be able to be fully stopped due to the abstract nature and ideology from which terrorism originates.

Attacks receive more coverage when they harm or kill victims, involve hijackings or aircraft, have known perpetrators, and select targets associated with Western countries. A study of transnational terrorism shows that attacks that inflict injuries are twice as likely to attract media attention as those that do not. The attacks in which the perpetrator can be identified are four times as likely to be reported in a newspaper and ten times as likely to be reported on television (The Media’s Role in International Terrorsim). Attacks in the Middle East or Europe are twice as likely to receive media attention as attacks perpetrated in Latin America (The Media’s Role in International Terrorism). There are very similar factors that influence media coverage of attacks that take place within the United States.

Terror attacks committed by Islamic extremists resulted in the dehumanization towards the Muslim community and gave rise to a Muslim terrorist frame. From the images media portrayed of

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

The media today is full of coverage about terrorism. From terrorist threats to both unsuccessful and successful terrorist acts.

Wlazer explains that, 'the resort to terror is not last in an actual series of actions; it islast only for the sake of the excuse'. Later, using the statment, 'Another Justification for Terrorism is a conclusion that no other strategy can work because of the weakness of the oppressed and prevailing power of the state', as an example of how people justify terrorism. The distention between the two is that, an excuse is an attempt to lessen the blame surronding a fault or seek to defend or justify, and, justification being the action showing something to be right, reasonable, a good reason for something that has to be done. I personally believe that what Walzer was attempting to show was that there is no real justification for terrorism, but rather a lue of excues layed out in an attempt to justify such horendous acts of

Thatcherism gained lots of opposition due to her social and economic policies. Her focus on reducing inflation and creating a self-sufficient society meant that unemployment rose. Also, those who did benefit from her policies such as privatisation encouraged the gap between the rich and poor to grow. Ultimately the growth of the get rich quick, capitalist society in the most important criticism of Thatcher as it links in with many of the other points of opposition

By 1892 Thatcher had no choice but to use military force, although she worked closely with the United States at trying to achieve a ‘diplomatic’ solution, as suggested (Biography, 1991). But when “diplomacy failed, she dispatched a military task force that accomplished her goal.” (Margaret Thatcher's Legacy Partly Hinged on Falklands Islands War, 2013).Military action was instantly successful and the Falkland Islands were back under British control by June 1982. Thatcher had taken a great risk and did what not many leaders of that time were willing to do (Biography, 2014). As (Burns, 2012) states, the war “was vital to Thatcher’s mission for her country and it gave her domestic programme and added zeal”.

2014). In analysing the extent to which New Labour embodied Thatcherism it is essential to identify what similarities established a lasting connection between the two parties.

For the past months, watching non-stop media coverage of these tragic attacks has become one way for people to cope with such irrational information, as if it would help understand such atrocities. Until now, our societies were not familiar with this kind of violence at home and this may explain the constant need for answers. Here lies the risk for the media to use mental health as an explanation for terrorism. Many newspapers first reactions were to question the perpetrators’ mental well-being as an explanation to these acts of

If we did not have global media and communication environment, terrorist ideology would not be as strong (Nacos, 2016). Terrorists would not need to do these drastic attacks to try and get coverage for their goals. They also wouldn’t keep pushing and seeing how much more then can do the next time. People would not be exposed to the media displaying horrifying images and causing psychological effects to not only adults but children. It would seem simple enough to not allow the media to cover such acts anymore, however the media plays a public-service role during terrorist situations (Nacos,

Another crucial moment of his prime ministership was his role during the Northern Ireland PEace Agreement. Blair recalls his childhood vacations in Ireland, where his mother and grandmother will tell him stories, even advising against marrying a Catholic. This was all due to the Religious Cleavages. The IRA also began to try bombing Britain out of Northern Ireland. The Northern Ireland Peace Agreement devolved the legislative powers of the Westminister to the Northern Ireland Executive. Though this treaty was extremely beneficial, the passing of this treaty involved, “a certain amount of creative ambiguity” and there were often some stretching of the truth. Tony Blair’s execution of politics isn’t necessarily politically correct. HOwever, he always completes his tasks and this ‘deceit ‘ of his tends to greatly increase legitimacy among the United Kingdom. Many of Blair’s crucial moments in his prime ministership helped improve his image amongst the media, whereas some events did not.