Communication via mass media by international terrorist organizations. A completely new phenomenon?

Seminar paper from the year 2017 in the subject Communications - Media and Politics, Politic Communications, grade: 1,33, German Police University, course: Modul 1 - Verwaltungswissenschaften mit Schwerpunkt Politik und Gesellschaft, language: English, abstract: This scientific essay aims to demonstrate that using mass media by international terrorist organizations is not a new phenomenon of the 21st century. In fact, the use of media as a weapon by terrorists is nothing new at all. The essay shows the most important terms in this context and explains the communication strategies of modern terror. There are parallels drawn between the actions of the ¿Rote Armee Fraktion¿ in the past and the ¿Islamic State¿ in the present. Finally, the author suggests that further empirical studies on the effectiveness of the use of mass media by terrorists would be a sensible continuation.