terrorist girlfriends

• violence is behaviour modification by coercion; propaganda aims at same by persuasion.

terrorism is combination of both.

• terrorism avoids head-on confrontation with uniformed army.

• its typical strategy is to generate fear in the public, which will pressure the state for concessions to their demands.

• strategies could be:

1) creating sympathy for terrorists' aims

2) increasing costs of occupying force

3) provoking state repression

• each of these strategies will require MASS AUDIENCE.

• terrorist attacks are choreographed not for first-hand witnesses, but for television cameras which will transmit the spectacle to a wider audience.

studying terrorism in media right now... makes me think how people using TWITTER AND FACEBOOK to bash on boyfriends are no different from terrorists.

update: cleared things up with benedict. he's a good guy. however i refuse to believe that "ohhh that tweet was not directed at you" HA. do i look like a 3 year old kid?!