The Tabloid Terrorist
The Predicative Construction of New Terrorism in the Media
Authors: Spencer, A.
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- About this book
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This book introduces a constructivist approach to the study of terrorism and shows how language in the media affects our perceptions of 'terrorists' and how particular constructions of 'terrorist' automatically make certain counter-terrorism policies possible, logical and seemingly appropriate.
- About the authors
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ALEXANDER SPENCER is Assistant Professor at the Geschwister-Scholl-Institute for Political Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany.
- Reviews
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'Alexander Spencer successfully establishes constructivist terrorism research as nothing less than an alternative to traditional and critical terrorism studies.' - Professor Christopher Daase, Chair for International Organisations, Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
'This commendable book provides useful insights into how terrorism is developing in the popular imagination' - Michael Higgins in West European Politics
'The book provides interesting inroads, especially in demarcating the difference between critical but still materialist terrorism researchers and constructivist yet critical proponents of the field'
- Alexander Brand in Political Studies Review Vol 10, Issue 1, 2012.
- Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Introduction The ‘Terrorist’: Words, Labels and Definitions
Pages 1-7
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The ‘New Terrorism’ Discourse
Pages 8-28
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‘New Counter-Terrorism’ Possibilities
Pages 29-52
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Materialist Terrorism Studies: Researching the Unresearchable?
Pages 53-70
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Constructivist Terrorism Research: The Role of Discourse and Predication
Pages 71-92
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- The Tabloid Terrorist
- Book Subtitle
- The Predicative Construction of New Terrorism in the Media
- Authors
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- A. Spencer
- Copyright
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Copyright Holder
- Alexander Spencer
- eBook ISBN
- 978-0-230-28130-1
- DOI
- 10.1057/9780230281301
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-0-230-57558-5
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-349-36569-2
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XI, 200
- Number of Illustrations
- 3 b/w illustrations
- Topics
