Introduction : critical issues in media coverage of terrorism / Kenoye Kelvin Eke, A. Odasuo Alali -- Characterizations of acts and perpetrators of political violence in three elite U.S. daily newspapers / Robert G. Picard, Paul D. Adams -- U.S. newsmagazines' labeling of terrorists / Brian K. Simmons -- The journalist's role in coverage of terrorist events ; News coverage as the contagion of terrorism : dangerous charges backed by dubious science / Robert G. Picard -- Network evening news coverage of the TWA hostage crisis / Tony Atwater -- Terrorism at the BBC : the IRA on British television / John David Viera -- The myth of my widow : a dramatistic analysis of news portrayals of a terrorist victim / Jack Lule -- The literature of terrorism : implications for visual communications / Kevin G. Barnhurst