Constructing Cyberterrorism as a Security Threat: a Study of International News Media Coverage
Jarvis, Lee and Macdonald, Stuart and Whiting, Andrew (2015) Constructing Cyberterrorism as a Security Threat: a Study of International News Media Coverage. Perspectives on Terrorism, 9 (1). pp. 60-75. ISSN 2334-3745
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Abstract
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 geographical and temporal distribution and that its tone is predominantly apprehensive. This article argues that, regardless of the ‘reality’ of the cyberterrorism threat, this coverage is important because it helps to constitute cyberterrorism as a security risk. Paying attention to this constitutive role of the news media, we suggest, opens up a fresh set of research questions in this context and a different theoretical approach to the study of cyberterrorism
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| Subjects: | CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-03 - politics > CAH15-03-01 - politics | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Business, Law and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences > Dept. Criminology and Sociology | ||||||
| Depositing User: | Andrew Whiting | ||||||
| Date Deposited: | 04 Apr 2018 15:35 | ||||||
| Last Modified: | 03 Mar 2022 15:56 | ||||||
| URI: | https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/5790 |
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