Terrorism_And_The_Media

Terrorism And The Media "If the media were not there to report terrorist acts and to explain their political and social significance...terrorism as such would cease to exist," said John O'Sullivan, an editor of the Times of London. This is also the way many other people feel about the recent increase in terrorist activity; they feel that the media is causing it. The media is doing this by fulfilling the terrorists' need for publicity. Terrorists need media publicity in order to get their views spread to the public. Because of this need for publicity, terrorists are committing their acts of terrorism in areas where a lot of publicity will be gained, the United States and Western Europe are the most recent targets. The bombings of the federal building in Oklahoma City and the Olympic Centennial Park in Atlanta are current examples of terrorists seeking publicity in the United States. Terrorists' need for publicity has been around for a long time, but new media technologies are causing the problem to grow faster than ever. Terrorism is growing at an impressive rate of twelve to fifteen percent per year. The media cause many problems besides helping terrorists. They inspire more terrorism to happen, cause terrorist attacks media, terrorists, terrorist, problems, terrorism, cause, publicity, government, because, acts, been, time, public, people, gain, even, coverage, solutions, problem, censorship, united, states, new, groups, found, bigger, attention, way, views, very, though, said, over, need, effect