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Sunday
11May2008

Media Power and Terrorists

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    Relevant to the recent discussion here on this site regarding the propaganda of the deed in contemporary insurgency is a post by Brigitte Nacos over at the CTLab site. Nacos, who has written extensively on terrorism and the media, cites the recent engagement in Lebanon to illustrate the value for insurgents ...
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    The Complex Terrain Lab reminds us that the Hezbollah TV station stayed on the air in 2006, despite the Israelis bombing it; a broadcast TV station is in radio terms the biggest target there is. It just sits there, yelling with multiple kilowatts of power in all directions, and by definition ...
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    Andrew Exum has an excellent article over at Arab Media & Society, The Spectacle of War: Insurgent video propaganda and Western response... Similarly, Brigitte L. Nacos writes on Media Power and Terrorists at Complex Terrain Lab, with particular emphasis on Hezbollah
  • Response
    Michael Innes references some fascinating material in a roundup of posts related to the analysis of the Hezbollah telecom network and the use of the media by terrorist entities. Brigitte Nacos' short essay on Media Power and Terrorists earns a mention and is worthy of a full read...

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