Media and Terrorism in the 21st Century

  • 8h 3m
  • Ebru Karadogan Ismayil, Elnur Ismayil
  • IGI Global
  • 2022

Media plays a specific role within modern society. It has been and continues to be a tool for spreading terrorist messages. However, it can just as easily be used as a tool for countering terrorism. During these challenging times where both international and domestic terrorism continue to threaten the livelihoods of citizens, it is imperative that studies are undertaken to examine the media’s role in the spread of terrorism, as well as to explore strategies and protocols that can be put in place to mitigate the spread.

Media and Terrorism in the 21st Century presents the emerging ideas and insights from experts, academicians, and professionals on the role media and new media plays in terrorist propaganda from a critical international perspective. It examines the historical relation between media and terror and analyzes the difficulties and obstacles presented by the relation in the 21st century. Covering topics such as AI-based dataveillance, media development trends, and virtual terrorism, this book is an indispensable resource for government officials, communications experts, politicians, security professionals, sociologists, students and educators of higher education, researchers, and academicians.

About the Author

Elnur Ismayil is an Assistant Professor at the Istanbul Medeniyet University. Mr. Ismayil received his PhD from Political Science department (GraSP) at the WWU Münster, Germany. His PhD thesis was about Russia's Military Interventions in Georgia and Ukraine. His research interests are Terrorism, Foreign Policy and Security issues. His works has been published in different national and international journals. He is a Chairman of one of the leading Turkish think tanks, namely BILGESAM specialized in foreign policy and security issues.

Ebru Karadoğan received her BA degree in the Department of Radio TV and Cinema from Marmara University in 2001, and then her MA degree in Media and Communication Systems from Istanbul Commerce University in 2003. She received her PhD degree in Radio TV from Marmara University in 2011. Her research interests cover topics like Uncanniness of Daily Life and its Notation in Literature, Film and Media, Culture Industry, and Surveillance Studies.

In this Book

  • Foreword
  • It's a Manhunt and It's Live—The Aesthetics of the Manhunt and Extreme Right Terrorism
  • The Approach of the Islamist Press in Turkey to the Murder of Samuel Paty—A Qualitative Content Analysis
  • The Role of Media in the Perception of Syrian Refugees as Terrorists
  • Relationship Between Education, Media, and Terror
  • Critical Discourse Analysis of the Özgür Gündem Newspaper During Turkey’s Resolution Process—From the Year 2013 to 2015
  • Terror and Media—Norwegian Media News Analysis of Al-Noor Mosque Attack in Norway
  • Comparing National vs. International Coverage of Terrorism—A Framing Analysis of the Reina Nightclub Terrorist Attack
  • Media Development Trends as a Counter for Terrorism in Ukraine
  • The International Media and Counterterrorism Operations in Nigeria—Issues and Challenges
  • Hybrid Warfare in Azerbaijan—A Challenge to National Security
  • Emergence of Counternarrative Peace Media in the Northeast of Nigeria—Exploratory Review on Their Impacts and Prospects
  • Dataveillance, Counterterrorism, and Sustainable Peace in the Age of Algocracy
  • Performance of Virtual Terrorism in Cyber Space
  • IS, Internet, and Terror
  • Compilation of References
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