Using this chapter’s recommended Web sites, conduct an online investigation of the reporting of terrorism by the media.
Compare and contrast the reporting of political violence by the referenced media services. What patterns of reporting can you identify?
To what extent are the media services biased in their reporting? How so?
To what extent are the media services objective in their reporting? How so?
For an online search of reporting of terrorism by the media, readers should activate the search engine on their Web browser and enter the following keywords:
“Media and Terrorism” “Propaganda and Terrorism”
Al Arabiya News Channel (Dubai):
http://www.alarabiya.net/english.html
Al Jazeera (Qatar):
http://english.aljazeera.net/HomePage
BBC (UK):
www.bbc.co.uk
CNN (USA):
www.cnn.com
Dawn (Pakistan):
www.dawn.com
Middle East Media Research Institute:
http://memri.org
:
www.nytimes.com
SITE Intelligence Group (USA):
http://www.siteintelgroup.org/
Answer the questions below in a 350-400 word essay. Use 12pt. font, one-inch margins, and double-space your paper. When referencing the website either by paraphrasing or a direct quotation, use APA citation guidelines. Paraphrasing or quoting the author without proper citations is considered plagiarism.