Terror on X: A comparative approach to examining international media coverage of terrorism on social media.

• In Event: Terrorism and Authoritarianism

Brief Overview

This study examines how the location of a terrorist attack and the identity of the perpetrator committing the attack can influence the volume and tenor of media coverage of terrorism on social media, specifically X (formerly Twitter).

Authors

• Agatha Skierkowski Hultquist, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse

• Jacob Groshek, Institute for Representation in Society and Media