The terror experts and the mainstream media: the expert nexus and its dominance in the news media

Miller, David; Mills, Tom

doi:10.1080/17539150903306113

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“…Though not numerous, these early experts were well connected to governments and the military. The 'invisible college' they developed formed the nucleus of the 'terrorism industry' that was to develop in the 1980s and markedly expand after September 11 (Miller and Mills 2009).…”

Section: The Terror-counterinsurgency Connectionmentioning

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Counterinsurgency and terror expertise: the integration of social scientists into the war effort

Miller

Mills

2010

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

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In this paper the authors draw upon the tradition of Power Structure Research to analyse the increased interpenetration of the military and the social sciences, particularly the recruitment of anthropologists and the adoption and adaptation of counterinsurgency strategies. It is argued that such actors should be understood not as disinterested 'experts' but as being organically embedded in a military -industrial -academic complex. The paper considers a number of contemporary examples as well as considering the historical roots of these trends. It is argued that this interpenetration violates the ethical norms of the academy and the moral and social responsibilities of intellectuals.

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Section: The Terror-counterinsurgency Connectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Counterinsurgency and terror expertise: the integration of social scientists into the war effort

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Mills

2010

Cambridge Review of International Affairs

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“…Experts, such as academics, analysts, and former government officials, are frequent figures in the press coverage of conflicts. They are called upon by journalists to provide commentary and in-depth analysis (Albaek, 2011;Steele, 1990) and are mainly used as filler material in the absence of real information about events (Miller & Mills, 2009).…”

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Journalists–sources relationship in violent conflicts coverage: Shifting dynamics

Gonen¹

2018

Sociology Compass

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News sources are a major part of news production in times of violent crisis and conflict. They can shape the context in which journalists see and frame the events. The relationship between journalists and their sources during conflicts has received extensive scholarly analysis over the last three decades. This paper addresses the characteristics of this relationship by discussing the power balance between the two sides and presenting a typology of traditional and new news sources used during conflict coverage. Two major trends are concluded: (1) The power dynamics between journalists and news sources during conflict and crisis times are changing and becoming more complex, as sources are more able to influence the news and the boundary between them and journalists are becoming more blurred in today's global digital media environment. (2) New faces and sources are included in news stories, such as terrorists, enemy leaders, and ordinary citizens, enriching the audience with alternative views on the conflict. Although both trends suggest a decrease of dependence on official sources, journalists still rely most on such sources, which maintain some of their control over news flow during conflict.

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“…In this manner, the terrorism expert resides unsuspectingly 'embedded' within government ideologies (Burnett and Whyte, 2005). In fact, a recent analysis of the most cited experts on terrorism reveals that they form a small, tightly integrated 'invisible college' with overlapping academic, governmental, and research relationships which continuously advance state narratives (Miller and Mills, 2009).…”

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How are Suicide Bombers Analysed in Mental Health Discourse? A Critical Anthropological Reading

Aggarwal¹

2010

Asian J Soc Sci

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This paper complicates the notion of the suicide bomber as represented in mental health literature. Most authors apply Western psychiatric concepts to understand suicide bombers without accounting for value differences around life and death or terrorism and martyrdom. Accordingly, these researchers replicate arguments to explain individual behaviour from a particular epistemological perspective. In contrast, critical approaches to this literature can expose the worldviews of the analysers and the analysed to devise sounder interpretations. This paper scrutinises mental health discourse on suicide bombing to ask: (1) What do we learn about the authors of suicide bombers in these articles? (2) How do their analyses demonstrate the relationship between knowledge and power? These conclusions can enable researchers to reduce biases and devise behavioural models that more accurately reflect the realities of their subjects.

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The terror experts and the mainstream media: the expert nexus and its dominance in the news media

Cited by 47 publications

References 22 publications

Counterinsurgency and terror expertise: the integration of social scientists into the war effort

Counterinsurgency and terror expertise: the integration of social scientists into the war effort

Journalists–sources relationship in violent conflicts coverage: Shifting dynamics

How are Suicide Bombers Analysed in Mental Health Discourse? A Critical Anthropological Reading

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