Saira ALI, Mediatised Terrorism: East-West Narratives of Risk (London and New York, Routledge, 2022)

Authors : Seda Çolakoğlu

Pages : 111-114

Doi:10.33458/uidergisi.1470455

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Publication Date : 2025-03-26

Article Type : Other Papers

Abstract :There is a growing body of literature in the social sciences that suggests that we live in a world surrounded by narratives that construct and interpret particular understandings of reality, that serve to make sense of the world. Following the understanding that everyone and everything has a narrative in the world we live in; it would not be wrong to say that these narratives appear in every shape and dimension. For instance, since the media also has a story to tell, we hear, watch, see and witness a wide variety of stories from the media. The media is therefore the producer and distributor of narratives. However, this emphasis has a deeper implication, namely that news stories are not simply a spiral of words describing events. This is because the media convey news to the receiving public by representing, constructing, and reconstructing it (through narratives).
Keywords : media, terrorism, narratives