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These two online discussions
will run in parallel to the conference at the Royal Institution,
both to set the scene for the debates at the conference and
to allow the discussion to continue afterwards.
The dialogues begin with specially commissioned lead articles.
Readers are invited to put forward their own comments in response.
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| What should governments tell
the public about terror threats? |
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US Department for Homeland Security has launched the Terrorist
Threat Warning System, while the UK Home Office issues advice
on what to do in the event of a terrorist assault. But are governments
doing enough to warn us of terrorist threats - or are they being
complacent? Some argue that governments give too many warnings,
leading to cynicism about the terrorist threat among the general
public. What balance should governments strike between warning
us and worrying us? |
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| What should governments tell
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| Many
argue that the media is more central to everyday life than in
any other period. Governments seek to cultivate relationships
with the media, as a way of connecting with and communicating
to the electorate. In war reporting, too, there have been striking
changes: in Iraq, journalists were embedded with fighting forces
for the first time ever. In such a media-focused climate, what
role should the media play in times of war and terror? What
are the media's responsibilities? |
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| The ‘Communicating the War on Terror’
conference was part of a wider set of research activities co-ordinated by
King’s College London with a number of partner institutions within
its Economic and Social Research Council funded project on ‘The Domestic
Management of Terrorist Attacks’ under the ‘New Security Challenges’
programme. |
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