Packaging Terrorism: Co-opting the News for Politics and Profit (Communication in the Public Interest)

Packaging Terrorism investigates how American media have identified and covered international terrorism and violence since September 11, 2001.

• Compares US coverage with that of British and Arab media
• Discusses the priorities, assumptions, political debates, deadline pressures and bottom-line considerations that will continue to influence coverage in the future
• Suggests how terrorism could be better covered by the media going forwards