What is the most frequent terrorist technique for influencing the mass media? What are the four main objectives? How do terrorist techniques correspond to the “pseudo-event” strategy described by Boorstin?

External Pressures on Media Professionals

QUESTIONS SET

• Censorship
• Manipulating the media
• Money and power

The questions are;

• What are the benefits to mass media organizations of the coverage of terrorism? Why do media and terrorism have a symbiotic relationship?
• What is the most frequent terrorist technique for influencing the mass media? What are the four main objectives?
• How do terrorist techniques correspond to the “pseudo-event” strategy described by Boorstin?
• According to Russell’s categories, what type of economic pressure is being exerted?
• What key issues are involved?
• Is there an obvious “right choice?” Why or why not?
• Explain some of the ethical problems associated with the distribution of information through press releases and media events.
• According to Russell, in what three ways does the government overtly manipulate the media?