THE ROLE OF COMMUNICATION AND PUBLICITY ON TERRORISM

ITS IMPLICATION ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND NATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY

Abstract

Thepaper investigated the role of communication and publicity on terrorism: its implication on human development and national
sustainability, information were gathered as secondary data. The theoretical framework used was dependency theory states that individual depends on media for their needs. The paper discussed terrorism operations and countless number of terrors unleashed on the society at large. On the other hand, the related goal setting agenda between terrorisms and media organizations ispopularity.
It was found out that more publicity on the heinous crime and violent activities of terrorist groups from media organizations lead to increased attack. This paper also X-rayed the implications of publicity given to  terrorists on human development and national
sustainability. Recommendations were made among which is that
media organizations should reduce their coverage/reportage on
terrorism. Finally, the paper concluded that much publicity on terrorism from media organization do not mean they are supporting terrorism rather terrorist groups feed on media
organization to gain popularity.