Abstract
The relationship between terror and its presentation in the media is examined. The process of presenting terror is characterized as a method of challenging, negotiating, and redrawing moral boundaries. On the one hand, examining the terror-media relationship in this fashion enables us to transcend issues involved in taking a stand regarding the contents of specific acts of terror. On the other hand, making a stand regarding the nature of terror requires a moral decision. Any such stand regarding the content of terror, in terms of its explanation and justification, is thus based on a moral agenda that can be deciphered from the way it is presented. I use the case of political assassinations and executions to illustrate this terror-media connection through the conceptualization of negotiating moral boundaries.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 33-53 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | International Journal of Comparative Sociology |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Apr 2005 |
Keywords
- Assassinations
- Media
- Moral boundaries
- Terror
- War