Introduction : television, terrorism, and public reality -- The television terrorist -- The interpretation of television news -- What's in a name? terrorism as ideograph -- Paper tigers and video postcards : narrative framing in network news -- Official discourse in the "age of the terrorist" -- Conclusions : political violence in a video age
Summary
Discusses the coverage of terrorists and terrorism on television news, and how the images and stories presented by the media influence public perception, foreign policy, and political debate
