Brigitte L. Nacos is an adjunct professor in political science at Columbia University.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction to the First EditionIntroduction to the Second EditionIntroduction to the Third EditionChapter 1: Media and Terrorism in the 21st CenturyChapter 2: The Communication Calculus of TerrorismChapter 3:Terrorists Always Found Alternative Media: Same Objectives, Different TechnologiesChapter 4:Computer-Assisted Political Violence or E-TerrorismChapter 5:Traditional Media, Terrorism News, and the Virus of ContagionChapter 6:Attack on America as Breaking News—a Case StudyChapter 7:Terrorism and Mass-Mediated Gender StereotypesChapter 8:Political Violence as Public EntertainmentChapter 9: Terrorism, Counterterrorism and Freedom of Expression Chapter 10:Indexing, Propaganda Model, and Counterterrorism News: How the News Media Cover CounterterrorismChapter 11: Responding to Terrorist Crises: Dealing with the Mass MediaChapter 12: ConclusionBibliography

Nacos’s needful third edition is the best there is. No other book is as accessible, as comprehensive, as insightful, as timely, or as useful in parsing bitter election-year debates about how to define, discuss, and respond to terrorist violence at home and abroad. Every American should read it. Now.

Brigitte L. Nacos is an adjunct professor in political science at Columbia University.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction to the First EditionIntroduction to the Second EditionIntroduction to the Third EditionChapter 1: Media and Terrorism in the 21st CenturyChapter 2: The Communication Calculus of TerrorismChapter 3:Terrorists Always Found Alternative Media: Same Objectives, Different TechnologiesChapter 4:Computer-Assisted Political Violence or E-TerrorismChapter 5:Traditional Media, Terrorism News, and the Virus of ContagionChapter 6:Attack on America as Breaking News—a Case StudyChapter 7:Terrorism and Mass-Mediated Gender StereotypesChapter 8:Political Violence as Public EntertainmentChapter 9: Terrorism, Counterterrorism and Freedom of Expression Chapter 10:Indexing, Propaganda Model, and Counterterrorism News: How the News Media Cover CounterterrorismChapter 11: Responding to Terrorist Crises: Dealing with the Mass MediaChapter 12: ConclusionBibliography

Nacos’s needful third edition is the best there is. No other book is as accessible, as comprehensive, as insightful, as timely, or as useful in parsing bitter election-year debates about how to define, discuss, and respond to terrorist violence at home and abroad. Every American should read it. Now.

Brigitte L. Nacos is an adjunct professor in political science at Columbia University.

• AcknowledgmentsIntroduction to the First EditionIntroduction to the Second EditionIntroduction to the Third EditionChapter 1: Media and Terrorism in the 21st CenturyChapter 2: The Communication Calculus of TerrorismChapter 3:Terrorists Always Found Alternative Media: Same Objectives, Different TechnologiesChapter 4:Computer-Assisted Political Violence or E-TerrorismChapter 5:Traditional Media, Terrorism News, and the Virus of ContagionChapter 6:Attack on America as Breaking News—a Case StudyChapter 7:Terrorism and Mass-Mediated Gender StereotypesChapter 8:Political Violence as Public EntertainmentChapter 9: Terrorism, Counterterrorism and Freedom of Expression Chapter 10:Indexing, Propaganda Model, and Counterterrorism News: How the News Media Cover CounterterrorismChapter 11: Responding to Terrorist Crises: Dealing with the Mass MediaChapter 12: ConclusionBibliography

Nacos’s needful third edition is the best there is. No other book is as accessible, as comprehensive, as insightful, as timely, or as useful in parsing bitter election-year debates about how to define, discuss, and respond to terrorist violence at home and abroad. Every American should read it. Now.