Discussion Questions: For your forum post, distinguish the way the media was utilized by terrorist organizations in the past to advance their objectives to that being employed today. Specifically address both the pre-9/11 style terrorist means of communication and influence and contrast them with the current day terrorist internet/social media based methods.
Instructions: Fully utilize the materials that have been provided to you in order to support your response. Your initial post should be at least 250 words. Please respond to at least two other students. Responses should be a approximately 100 words. You may challenge, support or supplement another student’s answer using the terms, concepts and theories from the required readings. Also, do not be afraid to respectfully disagree where you feel appropriate; as this should be part of your analysis process at this academic level.
Forum posts are graded on timeliness, relevance, knowledge of the weekly readings, and the quality of original ideas. While proper APA is not required, Proper attribution to sources that informed your posting should include the required readings and be referenced as APA style, and in-text parenthetical citations are required if directly quoting from sources. Refer to the grading rubric for additional details concerning grading criteria.
Initial Post Due: Thursday, by 11:55pm ET
Responses Due: Sunday, by 11:55pm ET