non-combatants with performance based on propagandistic and psychological impacts on diverse audiences and conflict parties.
Terror attacks have been on the rise for the past fifteen years as indicated by Snow (2015). Terrorists usually carry out these attacks to draw attention to a cause and use the media as the mechanism to promote their goals. The attention paid by media on terror attacks acts as a predictive element for a likelihood of more aggressions. According to Kampf (2014), the response given by media to these attacks reveals some intriguing information. For example, more suicide missions receive more coverage than non-suicide missions do. Further, it is surprising to know that several political elements of the countries attacked by terrorists have a positive correlation to media coverage of terror attacks. Therefore, terrorism seeks to draw public attention, create mass hysteria and fear whereas the
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