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    Configuring terrorism in the age of ISIS: The New York Times coverage of the 2015 Beirut and Paris attacks
    (SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019) Ismail A.; Mishra S.; October University for Modern Sciences and Arts (MSA); Egypt; Indian Institute of Management Calcutta; India
    This study inquires whether cultural proximity may explain how media handle terrorism in a global village era where cultural proximity may have given way to cosmopolitanism in news-making. Findings indicate that although loss of life is not culture-bound, cultural proximity persists, as comes through in the sheer contrast in the amount of coverage devoted to Paris versus Beirut. This distinction ought to be qualified, for even with Paris, the self-interest of the nation-state was prioritized, meaning that national security and welfare come first, followed by those of culturally proximate locales. Sensational violence was emphasized for both Lebanese and French victims. The Author(s) 2019.