Press Freedom, Publicity, and the Cross-National Incidence of Transnational Terrorism

Publicity is central to terrorism, but demonstrating a link between press freedom and the targeting of attacks is challenging.There are several reasons for this: (1) studies do not distinguish between press freedom and press attention; (2) perpetrators use press freedom to weed out unacceptable targ...

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Published in:Political research quarterly 2013-12, Vol.66 (4), p.896-909
Main Authors: Hoffman, Aaron M., Shelton, Crystal, Cleven, Erik
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Anniversaries
Cross-national analysis
Democracy
Executives
Foreign Policy
Foreign relations
Freedom
Freedom of speech
Freedom of the press
Journalism
Media coverage
Modeling
News media
Political research
Political Systems
Polities
Press
Publicity
Terrorism
Terrorists
Transnationalism
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Summary:Publicity is central to terrorism, but demonstrating a link between press freedom and the targeting of attacks is challenging.There are several reasons for this: (1) studies do not distinguish between press freedom and press attention; (2) perpetrators use press freedom to weed out unacceptable targets rather than to determine which targets to attack; (3) only foreign, not domestic, perpetrators depend on press attention; and (4) foreign terrorists satisfy their desire for press attention by attacking powerful states. Our models confirm this argument about press freedom and national power even after controlling for executive constraints, polity, and foreign policy activity.
ISSN:1065-9129
1938-274X
DOI:10.1177/1065912913478840