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Article: Terrorism and the Media: From the Iran Hostage Crisis to the Oklahoma City Bombing
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- Journalism and Mass Communication Quarterly
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- October 1, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication Autumn 1996. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Terrorism and the Media: From the Iran Hostage Crisis to the Oklahoma City Bombing. Brigette L. Nacos. NY, NY: Columbia University Press, 1995. 214 pp. $16.50 pbk.
Certainly Americans have been jolted by international terrorist acts against U.S. citizens and their property during the past two decades, and it is undeniable that the media have assumed an important role in determining how explosive terrorist dramas are played out.
In this book Brigette Nacos contends that media coverage is the most crucial element in terrorist schemes. She presents a thorough analysis of how the press has gone about reporting terrorism directed against Americans overseas, highlighting cases such as the Iran ...