Introduction: critical issues in media coverage of terrorism / Kenoye Kelvin Eke, A. Odaswo Alali -- Characterizations of acts and perpetrators of political violence in three elite U.S. daily newspapers / Robert G. Picard, Paul D. Adams -- U.S. newsmagazines' labeling of terrorists / Brian K. Simmons -- The journalist's role in coverage of terrorist events ; News coverage as the contagion of terrorism: dangerous charges backed by dubious science / Robert G. Picard -- Network evening news coverage of the TWA hostage crisis / Tony Atwater -- Terrorism at the BBC: the IRA on British television / John David Viera -- The myth of my widow: a dramatic analysis of news portrayals of a terrorist victim / Jack L le -- The li erature of terrorism: implications for visual communications / Kevin . Barnhurst.
