Terrorism and the use of social media

The term paper can be on any terrorism topic that you are interested in. This includes any of the topics covered in the course syllabus: Defining Terrorism; Contending Theories and Approaches; Historical Roots of Terrorism; Characteristics of Secular (political, ethnic, nationalist, state-sponsored) Terrorism; Characteristics of Religious Terrorism; Media and Terrorism; Crisis and Terrorism; Psychological Dimension of Terrorism; Responding to and Preventing Terrorism; Future of Terrorism. You could also choose a terrorism topic not included on the course syllabus (e.g., the role of women in terrorist groups; how effective has been a particular terrorist group in achieving its goals). Some specific examples of paper topics could be an analysis of the effects that the war on terrorism has had on civil liberties and U.S. foreign policy; what role, if any, does media play in creating terrorism crises?; what are the dynamics of the relationships among different U.S. agencies and departments in combating terrorism?; what lessons, if any, can we learn from how other countries have dealt with terrorism? You are free to choose any topic you want as long as it relates to terrorism. There will be a 5-point penalty per day on the paper grade for late papers. You should include footnotes and a bibliography or references page in your paper. Therefore, you should have 10 written pages, double-spaced, and then a bibliography or references page at the end. You may use CMS (Chicago Manual of Style), MLA style (Modern Language Association), or APA style (American Psychological Association) for your citations. You should also use Times New Roman 12 point font and 1 inch margins in a Microsoft Word document. You must use a minimum of 5 outside SCHOLARLY SOURCES for your paper. Outside sources are books and articles not used for this course. Outside scholarly sources can include articles published in academic journals, research institutes and government publications, and serious books written on terrorism. Outside scholarly sources are NOT Internet sources such as Wikipedia, blogs, comments, etc. They can, however, be E-books, scholarly articles originally published in academic journals that are now on the Internet or government publications and research institute reports that are also now on the Internet. The paper should be well written and demonstrate a thorough understanding of the topic you are writing on. It should balance description with analysis. Your views and position on the topic should be clear to anybody reading your paper. When you read the articles listed on the syllabus, you will see that the authors describe the topic they are dealing with and also present a position on that topic; i.e. a logical and coherent argument in support of their views. Your paper should do the same.

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