Looking behind the terror curtain: A developing world journalism perspective

This article explores and challenges the hypocrisy and misrepresentations surrounding Western media reportage of the global ‘war on terror’.  While the so-called Coalition of the Willing has introduced a rash of new anti-terror laws since 11 September 2001, many of the very freedoms which President...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:8eec09f4b3cf42c8a28f3dcfb250016f2021-12-02T08:57:10ZLooking behind the terror curtain: A developing world journalism perspective10.24135/pjr.v12i2.8611023-94992324-2035https://doaj.org/article/8eec09f4b3cf42c8a28f3dcfb250016f2006-09-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ojs.aut.ac.nz/pacific-journalism-review/article/view/861https://doaj.org/toc/1023-9499https://doaj.org/toc/2324-2035 This article explores and challenges the hypocrisy and misrepresentations surrounding Western media reportage of the global ‘war on terror’.  While the so-called Coalition of the Willing has introduced a rash of new anti-terror laws since 11 September 2001, many of the very freedoms which President Bush said the terrorists were out to destroy, have now been severely curtailed.  This article is also a critique of the dangers of anti-terrorism laws for media seeking to report a complex truth about nationalist struggles. Kalinga SeneriratneAsia Pacific Networkarticlemedia representationwar on terroranti-terrorisminternational mediaconflict reportingunderstanding conflictCommunication. Mass mediaP87-96Journalism. The periodical press, etc.PN4699-5650ENPacific Journalism Review, Vol 12, Iss 2 (2006)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic media representation
war on terror
anti-terrorism
international media
conflict reporting
understanding conflict
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
spellingShingle media representation
war on terror
anti-terrorism
international media
conflict reporting
understanding conflict
Communication. Mass media
P87-96
Journalism. The periodical press, etc.
PN4699-5650
Kalinga Seneriratne
Looking behind the terror curtain: A developing world journalism perspective
description This article explores and challenges the hypocrisy and misrepresentations surrounding Western media reportage of the global ‘war on terror’.  While the so-called Coalition of the Willing has introduced a rash of new anti-terror laws since 11 September 2001, many of the very freedoms which President Bush said the terrorists were out to destroy, have now been severely curtailed.  This article is also a critique of the dangers of anti-terrorism laws for media seeking to report a complex truth about nationalist struggles.
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title Looking behind the terror curtain: A developing world journalism perspective
title_short Looking behind the terror curtain: A developing world journalism perspective
title_full Looking behind the terror curtain: A developing world journalism perspective
title_fullStr Looking behind the terror curtain: A developing world journalism perspective
title_full_unstemmed Looking behind the terror curtain: A developing world journalism perspective
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