TEACHING TERRORISM: AN INTERVIEW WITH PHILIP JENKINS

Author: LOVELESS P.

Source: The Justice Professional, Volume 16, Number 1, March 2003 , pp. 61-63(3)

Publisher: Routledge, part of the Taylor & Francis Group

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Abstract:

Americans are woefully uninformed about terrorism, because they tend to read only American media sources, which report almost solely from official sources. As with any social phenomenon, terrorism is socially constructed; thus any study of terrorism at the college level must be grounded in social theory.

Keywords: Media; Social theory; Terrorism

Document Type: Research article

Affiliations: 1: Pennsylvania State University, Altoona Campus

Publication date: 2003-03-01