Review article
IMPACT OF TERRORISM ON THE MEDIA’S ROLE AND ACTIVITY
Jelena Jurišić
; Croatian Studies, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Marko Šapit
Abstract
In the wake of 11 September 2001 not only the scope and the
goals of terrorism drastically expanded but also the circle of social
groups and institutions it encroaches upon. The essence of the “classical” terrorism is aptly summarized by the old Chinese adage: “kill one, scare hundreds”. The attack on the WTC altered these numbers not only for that attack but also for most terrorist attacks all over the world, so this aphorism might now run: “kill thousands, scare billions”.
If the classical terrorism was a sort of a “trio” whose participants
were “terrorists + their victims + power”, contemporary terrorism
increasingly takes the form of a “quartet”: “terrorists + their victims
+ power + mass media”.
Keywords
terrorism; mass media; information terrorism; media terrorism; freedom of the media and information; limitations of media freedoms
Hrčak ID:
20887
URI
Publication date:
29.4.2006.
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