The BBC, The 'War on Terror' and the Discursive Construction of Terrorism

In the years since the September 11th 2001 attacks, the al-Qaeda phenomenon has become one of the most written about, yet crucially misunderstood, threats of the 21st century. But despite the sheer volume of literature produced during the ‘war on terror’ period, few studies have sought to consider the way this entity has been represented within the news media.   The BBC, the War on Terror and the Discursive Construction of Al-Qaeda  addresses this significant gap in knowledge by p