A Study of Audience Responses to the Media Discourse about the “Other”: The Fear of Terrorism between Australian Muslims and the Broader Community

by Anne Aly

This book examines the fear of terrorism and its impact on community well being and public perception of government counter terrorism strategies. The author’s discussion of the audience and their role in encoding/ decoding raises questions about the relationship between the audience and the media in an era of new technologies.

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First published February 28, 2010