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:

Editor's 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.

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http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~db=all~content=g910844968

Free access is currently provided to the article 'Terrorism's Cause and Cure'.