Elite government and police media can also drive terror contagion

Evidence

In his analysis of CIA statistics on terrorism, Bassiouni (1981) goes a step further, arguing that media coverage of terrorist incidents starts and feeds a contagion process that leads to more terrorism. Additionally, it is assumed that a researcher should look into any coverage of terrorism that could be carried out by the government or law enforcement agencies that work for the powerful. — Muhammad Asad Latif, The Identity of Religion Always Comes Up, 20

Categorization

• QUESTION: Is there empirical work testing whether state/law-enforcement messaging, not just insurgent spectacle, sustains cycles of terrorism? Worth chasing.