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This book explores how terrorists have been portrayed in the Western media, and the wider ideological and social functions of those representations. Developing a theory of scapegoating related to narrative closure, as well as an integrated, genealogical m
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The Portrayal and Punishment of Terrorists in Western Media
Christiana Spens
The Portrayal and Punishment of Terrorists in Western Media Playing the Villain
Christiana Spens School of International Relations University of St Andrews St Andrews, UK
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Acknowledgements
Firstly, I would like to thank those at Palgrave Macmillan for their support and positivity during the editing process, especially Oliver Foster and Sarah Roughley. I would also like to thank the anonymous reviewers for their helpful comments and ideas, and those who read the book in the later stages of its production, especially Tristam Vivian Adams and Prof. Anthony Downey. Thank you also to The Handa Foundation for funding much of the research that went into this book. From my time at the University of St. Andrews, I would like to thank Prof. Richard English and Dr. Orla Lynch who encouraged my application to undertake a Ph.D. following my Masters year. Orla was also my first supervisor, and inspired me with her infectious passion for the subject, and her own incredible work ethic, as well as her friendship and support over the years. I was also very fortunate to work under the supervision of Prof. Alex Danchev, whose own work on aesthetics and international relations was so inspiring and compelling. Alex had j
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