@article{ref1,
title="Let's not put a label on it: right-wing terrorism in the news",
journal="Critical studies on terrorism",
year="2021",
author="Zdjelar, Vanja and Davies, Garth",
volume="14",
number="3",
pages="291-311",
abstract="Media portrayals of terrorism, particularly right-wing terrorism, have been understudied. In response, this study focuses on understanding how right-wing terrorism is portrayed by the New York Times and the Washington Post. A qualitative content analysis was conducted on five cases. Framing theory and thematic analysis were used to inform the research methods. Four main themes emerge: &quot;officially, we cannot be sure this was terrorism&quot;; &quot;just a man - the obfuscation of motive&quot;; &quot;on normalisation and humanisation&quot;; and &quot;eventually we have to talk about gun policy.&quot; The results show that the news providers did not label these cases as terrorism, and that the ideology of the attackers was minimised as a motive. By searching so extensively for &quot;other reasons&quot; for the violence, the threat of right-wing violence was minimised. As a result of these incomplete or misleading portrayals, the threat from these individuals goes unchecked.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1753-9153",
doi="10.1080/17539153.2021.1932298",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17539153.2021.1932298"
}