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What Does Terror Mean in a Media War?

by Sheldon Rampton [1] — September 11, 2001 - 11:00pm
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"Terrorism is a new kind of warfare, tailor-made for the Information Age," observes John Rieger. "Terror spreads with the news. It's a war of impressions, of ideas, of symbols." TomPaine.com has also compiled a terrorism reader [4] in an effort to comprehend the incomprehensible.

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TomPaine.com, September 12, 2001 [5]
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[1] http://dev.prwatch.org/users/13916/sheldon-rampton
[2] http://dev.prwatch.org/topics/war-peace/terrorism
[3] http://www.addtoany.com/share_save?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fdev.prwatch.org%2Fspin%2F2001%2F09%2F676%2Fwhat-does-terror-mean-media-war&linkname=What%20Does%20Terror%20Mean%20in%20a%20Media%20War%3F
[4] http://www.tompaine.com/features/2001/09/12/index.html
[5] http://www.tompaine.com/opinion/2001/09/12/1.html