The first article focuses on how much of a role the media plays in covering the phenomenon of terrorism. The article states how there can be both overrepresentations on covering terrorism while at other times the topic can be underrepresented. The second article’s main focus is trying to develop an understanding of people’s behaviour, attitudes and feelings following a recent terrorist attack. The article uses the London bombings as its example.
Both articles acknowledge that the topic of terrorism is difficult to define and that there are many different definitions that can be used to describe the phenomenon. Terrorism is a complicated concept to define and people struggle with constructing an acceptable definition; instead people simply …show more content…
The amount of attacks have increased throughout the years and the media is essential during these times because its responsibility is to provide coverage and keep the world informed about the phenomenon. The second article uses multiple variables, which include looking at an individual’s resilience, emotions, perceived risk, and religious faith following an attack. The first article is more concerned with what is happening while the variables from the second article are more focused on how people react to a catastrophic event. The variables in both articles allow terrorism to be viewed, measured and interpreted in different ways. In both articles the variables are successfully able to measure terrorism and shows how one concept can be studied in many different ways. There is no one universal way in understanding terrorism and the variables used in both articles proves that different studies produce different results on the same topic. The second article focuses on individuals from England while the first article focuses more on a social institution. The second article goes straight to the people whereas the first article is more public and generally applies to a larger audience (those who subscribe to a particular source of the
Both articles acknowledge that the topic of terrorism is difficult to define and that there are many different definitions that can be used to describe the phenomenon. Terrorism is a complicated concept to define and people struggle with constructing an acceptable definition; instead people simply …show more content…
The amount of attacks have increased throughout the years and the media is essential during these times because its responsibility is to provide coverage and keep the world informed about the phenomenon. The second article uses multiple variables, which include looking at an individual’s resilience, emotions, perceived risk, and religious faith following an attack. The first article is more concerned with what is happening while the variables from the second article are more focused on how people react to a catastrophic event. The variables in both articles allow terrorism to be viewed, measured and interpreted in different ways. In both articles the variables are successfully able to measure terrorism and shows how one concept can be studied in many different ways. There is no one universal way in understanding terrorism and the variables used in both articles proves that different studies produce different results on the same topic. The second article focuses on individuals from England while the first article focuses more on a social institution. The second article goes straight to the people whereas the first article is more public and generally applies to a larger audience (those who subscribe to a particular source of the