Media representation of terrorism: Audience analysis

Glavna tema ovoga rada jesu razmišljanja i stavovi medijskih publika o načinu na koji je tema terorizma predstavljena u medijima. Metodom intervjua, autorica je pokušala doći do saznanja o tome na koji način, iz koji medija i koliko vremenski se medijske publike informiraju o temi terorizma te koja su razmišljanja medijskih publika o točnosti, korisnosti i adekvatnosti medijskog informiranja o terorizmu. Također, ovaj rad daje uvid u stavove medijskih publika o (ne)pristranosti medija pri izvještavanju, o teoriji o simbiozi medija i terorizma te najboljim načinima regulacije medija kada je u pitanju izvještavanje o terorizmu.Main topic and the main goal of this paper is trying to find out what media audiences think about the way in which terrorism is represented in media. By using the interview as a method of research, author of this paper tried to find out how and from which media do the audience inform themselves about the terrorism and what do they think about accuracy, value and adequacy of the media reporting about terrorism. Also, this paper gives us insight in the opinion of the media audiences about media bias while reporting about terrorism, theory about symbiotic relationship between the media and terrorism and about best ways to regulate media reporting about terrorism