The Terrorism News Beat : Professionalism, Profit, and the Press
Critics of terrorism news coverage often describe it as a sensationalized and intimidating area of reporting. However, this characterization offers a misleading guide to the coverage of terrorist threats and attacks, counterterrorism, and community responses to terrorism that appears in U.S. newspap...
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University of Michigan Press
2025
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