CASE STUDY QUESTION: CRITICALLY ANALYZE THE PORTRAYAL OF TERRORISM AND TERRORIST IN THE UK MEDIA, AND THE IMPACT THIS HAS HAD ON PUBLIC PERCEPTION AND SOCIAL POLICY.
The fact that public perception of political violence can change so radically highlights that our ideas about who is in the right or wrong are culturally constructed. The mass media’s key role is persuading us one way or the other.
In this lesson, we discuss the moral panics created by the media and the state surrounding ‘terrorists’ and ‘terrorism’ nationally and internationally.
