International terrorism and electronic media operation and regulation of TV news channels during coverage of terrorism

Pages: 314-320
Ratnesh Dwivedi (Amity School of Communication Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh)
Abha Singh (Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh)
Sarah Partlow (Department of Communication Idaho State University, Idaho, USA)
Anuradha Sharma (Amity Institute of Psychology and Allied Sciences, Amity University, Noida, Uttar Pradesh)

The concept of globalization or internationalization of certain wars, which were result of terrorist activities worldwide, as well as the high attention of terrorism coverage broadcast worldwide might open up better opportunities to journalists particularly to those who work in democratic countries like U.S.A and India to improve their coverage. The context is the key: the context of the operation methodology, follow of guidelines of regulatory bodies, and of the journalistic culture and of the global environment. It is very important how media presents consequences of terrorist acts, how information is transmitted to public. Television and press have had a significant impact on how public receives terrorist acts and their consequences. As a result, nearly each public survey indicates that responders almost anywhere put fear of terrorist acts o the top of their priority list. In order to reach out on a conclusion on this paper, researcher has gone through number of books related to terrorism and media, has examined significant number of journals which deals with core issue of terrorism and its coverage by media.