Terrorism And The Media

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rorist has publicity as his main goal, he is known as a "modern" terrorist.
This type of terrorism has been around for a long time, but not until around 1968 was it widely known. Most people connected terrorism with "classical" terrorists. This kind of terrorism is used in the time of war, there is no goal of publicity. All they want to do is intimidate the opposition. The FLN in Algeria are labeled as this type of terrorist. They once killed many of their enemies by bombing a bar that many of their enemies were in, this activity shows how classical terrorists intimidate the opposition. Even though "classical" terrorism has not changed much, "modern" terrorism has changed greatly over time. The way in which terrorists have gained publicity is very different. In the late nineteenth century, Southern lynch mobs and Central American death squads did not even use the media to gain their publicity. They just used their victims as examples to others who might disobey their rules. As times changed, terrorists began to publicize their views in books, pamphlets, underground newspapers, etc. This technique allowed them to reach a bigger audience. It was mostly used by terrorist groups during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Terrorist groups often contained a printer and a writer who together would make sure their views were publicized. The groups did not have to rely on an outside force to publicize for them. As new media technologies were invented, the terrorist groups were able to publicize their views to a bigger audience than they had ever imagined possible.

The only problem was that they could not rely on people in the group to publicize for them. It would b...