Economists Find Press Coverage Of Terrorism Increases Attacks
Richard Morin, in his Washington Post (6/15, A2, 744K) column writes that economists Bruno S. Frey of the University of Zurich and Dominic Rohner of Cambridge University have written a study claiming "that newspaper coverage of terrorist incidents leads directly to more attacks." Frey and Rohner say the results of their study "were unequivocal: Coverage caused more attacks, and attacks caused more coverage -- a mutually beneficial spiral of death that they say has increased because of a heightened interest in terrorism since Sept. 11, 2001." Frey said one solution would be to keep groups from gaining "publicity by not publicly naming the attackers."
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/conte...6061402025.html