Media and terrorism as a strategy of psychological warfare

Abstract Developments in the field of media, such as the spread of reality shows related to crimes and the increasing focus on media coverage of news on violence, has an enormous influence in promoting the fear of crime. This paper mainly offers a review of the research on mass media influence on the perception of terrorism and crime threat, and it also examines the relationship between media and fear. Keywords: terrorism, fear of terrorism, fear of crime, propaganda, psychological warfare