TY  - BOOK
AU  - Tuman,Joseph S.
TI  - Communicating terror: the rhetorical dimensions of terrorism 
SN  - 0761927654
AV  - HV6431 .T845 2003
U1  - 303.625 21
PY  - 2003///]
CY  - Thousand Oaks, Calif.
PB  - Sage
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - Terrorism and mass media
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; The struggle to define terrorism. Defining terrorism. Attempts to synthesize a consensus definition -- Terrorism as a communication process with rhetorical dimensions. Terrorism as communication process. Terrorism as rhetoric -- Labeling and defining terrorism as rhetoric. Definitions and labels. Reconsidering the definition of terrorism -- Symbols, symbolism, and terrorism. Symbols, symbolism, and violence/destruction. Symbolism in the implements and tools of terrorism. Symbolism in the target of terrorism -- Public oratory about terrorism. A method of rhetoric for public oratory. Case studies -- Mass-mediated images and construction of terrorism. Understanding mass media. Terrorism from above and mass media. Terrorism from below and mass media. Terrorism and paid media
ER  -