Constructing Cyberterrorism as a Security Threat: a Study of International News Media Coverage

Macdonald, Stuart; Jarvis, Lee; Whiting, Andrew

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Constructing Cyberterrorism as a Security Threat: a Study of International News Media Coverage

Stuart Macdonald

, Lee Jarvis, Andrew Whiting

Perspectives on Terrorism, Volume: 9, Issue: 1, Pages: 60 - 75

Swansea University Authors: Stuart Macdonald , Andrew Whiting

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This article examines the way in which the English language international news media has constructed the threat of cyberterrorism. Analysing 535 news items published by 31 different media outlets across 7 countries between 2008 and 2013, we show that this coverage is uneven in terms of its geographi...

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