Terrorism Questions: sociological explanations of terrorism
Terrorism Questions: sociological explanations of terrorism
Critique sociological explanations of terrorism. Do they adequately explain the causes of
political violence? If so, how so? If not, how not?
2. Discuss the characteristics of international terrorism in the modern era. How has it evolved in
the age of globalization? How has the New Terrorism affected the international terrorist
environment?
3. Discuss the effectiveness of terrorism within the contexts of the use of the Internet, the
broadcast media, and communications technologies. How have communications outlets been
exploited by violent extremists? How have these outlets changed the nature of the terrorists’
impact on audiences? Explain your answer.
4. What are the basic problems of relying exclusively on the “hard line” approach toward dealing
with terrorism? What are the basic problems of relying exclusively on the “soft line”
approach toward dealing with terrorism? Be sure to compare and critique the problems of
each of the hard line and soft line approaches.
5. In what ways are extremists using the Internet and other high technologies? In your opinion,
what is the significance of extremist use of emerging technologies? What impact, if any, do
you expect this to have on society?
