gain news coverage and then try to get their views publicized by threatening drastic actions. This strategy of terrorism is causing the media to produce many serious problems. One problem with the media's coverage of terrorism is that it can instigate future acts of terrorism. This is called the "contagion hypothesis" (Terrorism 2). This is caused mostly because the actual acts of terrorism usually receive more media attention than the punishments. People only see the successes of terrorism, not the consequences. If more attention was put on the punishments, it could prevent similar acts of terrorism by showing the consequences. In a study of newspapers in the United
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