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: 133 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.