An examination of the relationship between international telecommunication networks, terrorism and global news coverage
This research examines the relationship between a countrys position in the international telecommunications (telephone and Internet) network and whether or not it is a state sponsor or a provider of sanctuary for terrorists. It also examines the structure of global news coverage of terrorism. A longitudinal analysis of international telephone calls and Internet traffic, as well as the news coverage among countries, identifies changes in the network structures, which provides an understanding of network dynamics and how they evolve alongside international relations. Changes in the co-occurrences of countries coverage in the international news network were examined to determine how the telecommunication and news coverage networks co-evolve.
telecommunication networks international news structure network analysis state sponsorship of terrorism