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Terrorism communication : characteristics and emerging perspectives in the scientific literature 2002–2011

2013

This paper aims to clarify current knowledge on the contribution of communication to crisis management in the case of terrorism incidents. This is done by means of a systematic review of the scientific literature on terrorism communication over the last 10 years to identify the many challenges facing communication in such crises, and represents the first attempt of its kind. To date, within the literature on terrorism communication, much attention has been paid to chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear hazards. Terrorism crises are complex and challenging. Preparedness for such diverse low-probability high-impact crises can best be included in a wider educative approach. Terrorism cr…

Making Communication Strategy Choices in a Fast Evolving Crisis Situation—Results from a Table-Top Discussion on an Anthrax Scenario

2016

This paper aims at clarifying a timely topic of how communication strategy choices are made in evolving, complex crises, such as those caused by terrorism involving chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (CBRN) agents. This is done by examining data gathered from a table-top discussion among crisis communication experts, focusing on a scenario of an anthrax attack and analysed qualitatively. The communication experts followed the evolving crisis situation by gathering inputs from various actors in the crisis management network, thereby creating situational understanding, and interpreted these inputs for decision-making on communication strategies. The underlying process of coping wi…

‘Our words are stronger’ : re-enforcing boundaries through ritual work in a terrorist news event

2020

This article investigates the ritual work in terrorist news events, using the Berlin truck attack as a case in point. The article connects with the larger cluster of anthropologically inspired communication research on media events as public rituals in news media and applies digital media ethnography as its method. Fieldwork is conducted in 15 online news sites. The article identifies three key phases through which the ritual work was carried out: the rupture in the news event (ritualised as the strike), the liminal phase (ritualised as the manhunt) and the reconstitution of order following the attack (ritualised as the mourning). The article concludes with an interpretation of the broader …

Turvaa ja turvattomuutta Ranskassa

2016

Aikamme taakka

2013

Communication Challenges in CBRN Terrorism Crises : Expert Perceptions

2015

This paper is a follow-up of ‘Terrorism Communication: Characteristics and Emerging Perspectives in the Scientific Literature 2002–2011’, published in JCCM in September 2013, Volume 21, Issue 3. The aim of this paper was to investigate experts' perceptions on communication in chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) terrorism crises, including challenges and good practices. This is pursued by means of a qualitative online questionnaire aimed at international crisis communication and crisis management experts. The challenges of communication concerning CBRN terrorism arise from the complexity of such incidents, having to do with the nature of the threat, leading to problematic p…

„Berlin mitten im Herzen getroffen“ - Diskursive Opferkonstruktionen in parlamentarischen Debattenreden über Terrorismus in Deutschland

2023

Through their discursive actions, parliamentarians have an impact on the public perception of societal issues. Drawing on the Discourse-Historical Approach of Critical Discourse Studies this paper strives to illuminate how persons, objects, or abstract things are discursively constructed as victims. The debate speeches relate to two cases of terrorism: The National Socialist Underground (NSU) and the ISIS attack at Breitscheidplatz in Berlin. After first identifying the types of victims in the data, the study then conducts a detailed analysis of the discursive resources that are used in the construction process. Furthermore, the victim constructions are interrogated in terms of their strate…

Sodan käsitteen muutos ja yhdysvaltalainen sodankäyntimaailma

2006

Terroristi-identiteetti ja media : sanomalehti Keskisuomalaisen terrorismiuutisointi "meitä" ja "muita" tuottavana diskursiivisena käytäntönä

2008

Tarkastelen Pro gradu -tutkielmassani terroristi-identiteetin tuottamista ”meidän” ja ”muiden” kielellisissä ja visuaalisissa representaatioissa sanomalehti Keskisuomalaisessa. Näkökulmani nojaa identiteettiteoriaan, jonka keskeinen ajatus on identiteetin konstruoituminen representaatioissa. Tämä yhteisön identiteetin muodostaminen perustuu aina toisten ulossulkemiselle sekä eron rakentamiselle ”meidän” ja ”muiden” välille. Tutkimuskohteeni on Yhdysvaltain vuoden 2001 terrori-iskujen uutisointi sanomalehti Keskisuomalaisessa. Tutkimusaineistoni koostuu yhteensä 65 Keskisuomalaisen uutisartikkelista sekä niihin liittyvistä lehtikuvista. Tarkasteluajankohdaksi olen rajannut 12.9.-26.9.2001 el…

Crisis communication and terrorism: Mapping challenges and co-creating solutions

2017

Terrorism is a globally connected, uncontrollable, transboundary risk that continually evolves and changes forms, resulting in multiple complexities that affect the lives of both citizens and organisations across the globe. These risks involve a high level of complexity when they materialise as crises, and the use of CBRN (chemical biological, radiological or nuclear) materials presents the possibility of a worst-case scenario. Crisis communication in such cases would not only be essential but also a matter of life and death. Hence, the purpose of this research was to better understand and describe the challenges of communication in CBRN terrorism crises as well as how these challenges can …