Terror: When images become weapons

Charlotte Klonk

doi:10.7765/9781526149312

A battle of images is above all a psychological struggle. Unintended consequences are the rule rather than the exception. The book examines the role of images in media reports on terror from the nineteenth century to the present day. Looking at concrete case studies, Charlotte Klonk analyses image strategies and their patterns, traces their historical development and addresses the dilemma of effective counter strikes. She shows that the propaganda videos from the IS are nothing new. On the contrary, perpetrators of terror acts have always made use of images to spread their cause through the media – as did their enemy, the state. In the final chapter, Klonk turns to questions of ethics and considers the grounds for a responsible use of images. This is an indispensable book for understanding the background and dynamic of terror today.

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-ix

List of figures
pp x-xvii

Acknowledgements
pp xviii-xxii

Introduction
pp 1-19

1 - Close-up: assassinations and bomb attacks in the late nineteenth and early twenty-first centuries
pp 20-71

2 - Distant images: hostage-takings and aircraft hijackings since the 1960s
pp 72-117

3 - Images of perpetrators: from wanted posters to propaganda videos
pp 118-167

4 - Image ethics
pp 168-197

Notes
pp 198-226

Bibliography
pp 227-244

Index
pp 245-251

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