The Boston Game and the ISIS Match: Terrorism, Media, and Sport. (August 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Galily, Yair; Yarchi, Moran; Tamir, Ilan; Samuel-Azran, Tal
• Other Names: Galily Yair guest-editor.; Yarchi Moran guest-editor.; Tamir Ilan guest-editor.; Samuel-Azran Tal guest-editor.
• Is Part Of: American behavioral scientist. Volume 60:Number 9(2016:Sep.)
• Page Start: 1057
• Page End: 1067
• Publication Date: 2016-08
• Subjects: ISIS -- media -- terrorism -- terror organization -- Twitter; Social sciences -- Periodicals; Political science -- Periodicals; United States -- Social conditions -- Periodicals; United States -- Politics and government -- Periodicals; 300
• DOI: 10.1177/0002764216632844
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0002-7642

Abstract

The world is becoming largely interconnected. This notion has thought-provoking implications due to the fact that this interdependence affords terrorist organizations opportunities to perpetrate attacks. It is inevitable that an increased risk of terrorism, especially on the forefront of megasporting events, is on the rise due to the global publicity such attacks receive. This article focuses on the Boston Marathon Bombing and the Islamic State and illustrates how high-profile news coverage and coverage on social media (through user-generated content or "terrorist organization"–generated content) advance terrorist groups' attempts to use large-scale sporting events to leverage their agenda and ideology.