Terrorism as Communication

Stocktaking, Explanations and Challenges

• Author(s): Liane Rothenberger,
• Publisher: Springer Nature
• Pages: 396
• ISBN_10: 3658382422
  ISBN_13: 9783658382421
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Social Science / Media Studies , Political Science / Terrorism , Language Arts & Disciplines / Communication Studies , Social Science / Sociology / General ,

Description:... Communication theories and terrorism - how can a connection be made here? Terrorism is a dominant topic in today's world: It sometimes dominates public political discussion as well as private conversations. Communication studies can help to further penetrate the phenomenon of terrorism and provide important pieces of the puzzle to grasp it in its entirety. The development of media skills among some terrorist groups makes it imperative that the "social problem of terrorism" be approached with the help of a "communications science lens.