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"Terrorism inspires intense emotions of fear, vulnerability, victimization, and helplessness that breed humiliation and shame and demands for redress by the victims—restoring the wounded honor through revenge and military action. The post-9/11 environment of the ""global war on terrorism"" has exacerbated these vicious cycles of conflict. It also created a media battleground in which conflating Islam with terrorism and deploying a religious lexicon of jihad, martyrdom, and sacrifice have become routine. Yet, scholarship on the relationship between Arab media and terrorism is sparse—despite the salience of terrorism and other forms of politically motivated violence in the greater Middle East and North Africa region. How does Arab news cover ""home-grown"" or domestic terrorism in comparison to terrorist incidents that might be geographically distant? How does globalization influence the mediation of terrorism in Arab news? This book addresses these lacunae and features a wide range of studies examining coverage of terrorism in Arab media. The case studies investigate technological, political, sociological, and legal infrastructures influencing the ways Arab media make sense of terrorism and international conflict events. The research contributes to the understanding of news frames as central to how terrorism news operates, constructs and thereby explains the social world through familiar master narratives drawn from the region’s culture and history."

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Author:   Aziz Douai
Publisher:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Imprint:   Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Edition:   New edition
Weight:   0.360kg
ISBN:  

9781433165504

ISBN 10:   1433165503
Pages:   184
Publication Date:   28 August 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

"List of Figures – Preface – Becoming News: An Introduction to Arab Media and Terrorism – Construction of Terrorism: The Media-Terrorism Interaction Model – Legislating Counterterrorism and the Media – Discourses of Denial: The Fight for ""Islam’s Soul"" – Narratives of Transgression in the Danish Cartoons and #JeSuisCharlie Campaign – Humiliation, Shame, and Revenge: Arab Media at War – Online Publics and Shifting Discourses of Responsibility – Hybrid Media Systems and Terrorism Spectacles – Conclusion: Reframing Terrorism – List of Abbreviations – Selected Bibliography – Index."

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"Aziz Douai (PhD, mass communications, Pennsylvania State University) is Associate Professor of Communication and Digital Media Studies at Ontario Tech University, Canada. His research investigates global media and international conflict. He is the co-editor of Mediated Identities and New Journalism in the Arab World: Mapping the ""Arab Spring"" (2016) and New Media Influence on Social and Political Change in Africa (2013)."

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