Ethics, Decision-Making, and Risk Communication in the Era of Terroredia: The Case of ISIL

Mahmoud Eid
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Terrorism today is one of the most frequent global severe stress situations. The advanced and widespread new media and information technologies as well as modern tactics of terrorism make the public of any nation in exposure, directly and indirectly, to uncertain potential acts of terrorism. The relationship between terrorists and media personnel has grown widely influential, and has been described recently by the term terroredia, in which the public is the main target of both terrorism and the media. Both responsibility and rationality are fundamental weights for the effectiveness of risk communication during times of terrorism. This paper critically analyzes how policymakers in several Western countries have communicated to the public, through the media, the risk of terrorist attacks by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant ISIL against their individuals and societies. The study uncovers that rationality and responsibility are lacking in Western media decision-making regarding the risk of ISIL's potential activities.
恐怖主义时代的道德、决策和风险沟通:以ISIL为例
恐怖主义是当今全球最常见的严重紧张局势之一。先进和广泛的新媒体和信息技术以及现代恐怖主义战术使任何国家的公众直接或间接地暴露于不确定的潜在恐怖主义行为中。恐怖分子和媒体人员之间的关系已经变得具有广泛的影响力,最近被称为恐怖主义,其中公众是恐怖主义和媒体的主要目标。在恐怖主义时期,责任和理性都是风险沟通有效性的基本权重。本文批判性地分析了几个西方国家的政策制定者如何通过媒体向公众传达伊拉克伊斯兰国和黎凡特ISIL对其个人和社会发动恐怖袭击的风险。研究发现,西方媒体对ISIL潜在活动风险的决策缺乏理性和责任感。
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