Article(electronic)#11. Dezember 1990
Terrorists in the News, as Reflected in Three News Magazines, 1980–1988
In: Journalism quarterly, Volume 67, Issue 4, p. 692-696
A content analysis of 185 articles sampled from Time, Newsweek, and U.S. News and World Report in the 1980 to 1988 period finds that the "terrorist" label is used in two-thirds of the stories. "Gunman," "guerrilla," and "attacker" are among the other terms used, but less frequently. The "terrorist" label is more often used when Americans are caught in events, or when people opposed to American foreign policy are involved in events.