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New Terrorism and Media

New Terrorism and Media

Mahmoud Eid
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 12
ISBN13: 9781466657762|ISBN10: 1466657766|EISBN13: 9781466657779
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5776-2.ch012
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Eid, Mahmoud. "New Terrorism and Media." Exchanging Terrorism Oxygen for Media Airwaves: The Age of Terroredia, edited by Mahmoud Eid, IGI Global, 2014, pp. 172-183. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5776-2.ch012

APA

Eid, M. (2014). New Terrorism and Media. In M. Eid (Ed.), Exchanging Terrorism Oxygen for Media Airwaves: The Age of Terroredia (pp. 172-183). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5776-2.ch012

Chicago

Eid, Mahmoud. "New Terrorism and Media." In Exchanging Terrorism Oxygen for Media Airwaves: The Age of Terroredia, edited by Mahmoud Eid, 172-183. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2014. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-5776-2.ch012

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Abstract

New terrorism has been recently considered a new type of terrorism. The terrorism characteristics that have instigated the introduction of the term stem from the modern evolutions in most aspects of terrorism, such as its organizational structure, financing, recruitment, training, motivations, tactics, reach, targets, and lethality. This chapter reviews discussions surrounding new terrorism, explains its key characteristics and features, and demonstrates the dual role of the media and information technologies. Distinctions from conventional terrorism recognize it as loose, decentralized cell-based networks, using high-intensity weapons, religiously and vaguely motivated, using asymmetrical methods for maximum casualties, and highly skillful in using new media and information technologies. Moreover, the most critical features focus on how the functioning of new terrorism adapts new media technologies, which in turn, contribute to all of its aspects. However, it is concluded that regardless of the label—new or old—attention should be focused on the act and the actors, whether the ways they function utilize the conventional or adapt with the most recent technologies, media, and weapons, and most crucially, recognizing how fast and efficient terrorists are in utilizing the most advanced media and information technologies.

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