The following may be of interest to some:
*Special Issue: 'Communicating Terrorism'*
*/Critical Studies on Terrorism /**vol 2, issue 1.*
The field of terrorism studies has expanded exponentially since the
9/11 attacks. At the same time, significant quantities of political
communication scholarship has tasked itself with attempting to
understand better issues pertaining to terrorism and media
communications. This special issue of /Critical Studies on
Terrorism/ is dedicated to developing and expanding critical
engagement with issues relating to the communication and
mediatisation of terrorism. Drawing together a range of leading
scholars, this special issue provides a series of research articles
addressing three distinct areas of inquiry: discourses associated
with the issue of terrorism, mainstream 'traditional' media
representation of the terrorism issue, and the consequences of
today's 'new' digital and interconnected information-communication
environment. The papers each highlight the contribution of critical
political communication research to the field of terrorism studies.
Content as follows:
/ /
*Editors Introduction: 'Communicating Terrorism'* by Piers Robinson
*'Terrorism's cause and cure: the rhetorical regime of democracy in
the US and UK'* by Fahed Al-Sumait, Colin Lingle and David Domke.
*'Frontiers of blame: India's 'War on Terror'* by Ted Svensson.
*'Propaganda and the subversion of objectivity: media coverage of
the war on terrorism in Iraq'* by Michael Ryan and Les Switzer.
*'Terrorism programming'* by David L. Altheide.
*'Pre-mediating Guilt: radicalisation and mediality in British
news'* by Andrew Hoskins and Ben O'Loughlin.
*'Media and mediation in the 'war on terror'*: issues and challenges
by Gillian Youngs.
*'Terrorism' and the media*: an interview with Fadi Ismail.
/ /
Please follow this link to the journal web page;
http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g910844968
<http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title%7Edb=all%7Econtent=g910844968>**
*Free access is currently provided to the article 'Terrorism's Cause
and Cure'*.
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