Assignment 2

Assignment #2

Brandi Ingram

Dr. Signh

International Terrorism

Grambling State University

07/04/2022

How The Internet Impacted Terrorism

The internet allows terrorist groups to present messages and images would not appear in mainstream media. The internet is also helpful to terrorist with recruitment and training. It can also be used in target selection and reconnaissance, maps, satellite imagery, and diagrams provide ready-made intelligence sources and steganography, embedding hidden information in a picture, message, or another piece of information), is one of the internet’s greatest vulnerabilities.

Define The New Media & Describe The Characteristics of The New Media

New Media refers to and virtual network where communication takes place. It includes blogs, multiple internet postings, and any social networks; Newspapers, radio, and television could be defined as mass communication; terrorists are quick to understand power of the new media; twitter legitimizes messages because it brings the perception of authenticity, and it is socially accepted.

Define Force Multipliers & List and describe Four Force Multipliers

Force multipliers is a factor or a combination of factors that gives personnel or weapons the ability to accomplish greater feats than without it. Examples are: transitional support- which increases terrorist groups ability to move and hide; Technology- allows a small group to launch a deadly attack; media coverage- makes minor groups appear to be politically important; reigion- transcends normative political and social boundaries.

Define Types of Threats Posed by Technological Terrorism

Summarize Theories of Suicide Bombing

Suicide bombing has become a particularly terrorizing tactic, but there is no single explanation for either understanding or preventing it.

Describe the Emergence of the Modern IRA and Terrorism in Northern Ireland

Summarize the Birth, Evolution, and Rise of the ETA, the GAL, and the LTTE