Media, migration and terrorism: Some correlations

Srpska politička misao, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 00, P. 10 - 10

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Topics such as terrorism and uncontrolled migration have been prominent on the agenda for decades, frequently filling newspaper articles boosting viewership online platforms social media. At same time, media coverage of these issues is often saturated with elements catastrophe spectacle, leading even some within academic community to adopt superficial poorly documented analyses phenomena their associated processes. This paper offers a modest contribution, not definitive truth but rather direction analyzing current and, according media, highly interconnected phenomena. How do terrorist attacks influence attitudes toward migrants? Such attacks' impact depends news reception's geographical location, indicating spatial conditioning. If shape citizens' views through sense immediate danger fear, then proximity attack would be primary conditioning factor. On other hand, local context recipient can also significantly effect. In homogeneous societies little experience immigration, citizens are more inclined discourses that link terrorism, making susceptible adoption negative attitudes. Beyond this variable, in research, fact perpetrator act Muslim amplifies event itself, further generating prejudices against followers youngest monotheistic religion. Moreover, wave opposition processes by right-wing populists Europe protecting Islamization (Subotić Mitrović 2023, 123). When discussing onset migrant (which indeed correlated numerous actions European soil) last few years, during which there has an increased influx migrants alongside significant reduction number consequences, we must aware statistical risk. More frequent routes inevitably imply greater likelihood terrorists might infiltrate groups or later join jihadist terrorism. However, no clear causal despite widely inferred correlation. specifically, clearly articulated at least analysis indicates consistent connection between hypothesis "terrorism causes migration" one suggesting "migration terrorism." first case, correlative element certain distinctly emphasized. The organization was peak its power time - ISIS undoubtedly contributed scale intensity intense migratory pressure Europe. Additionally, activities fatalities due soil (primarily France) most migrationintensive year, 2015, were notably high. it cannot concluded increase irregular entries much 80% compared average from period 2010 2014 led rise and/or similar percentage. recent cross-referenced data fourth consecutive year Europe, combined occurrence threat acts, quite opposite. annual since 2021 approximately 33%, while simultaneously decreased nearly 35%. There doubt immigration "contributes" spread country another. Still, unlikely alone direct cause Furthermore, currently empirical evidence suggest immigrants (first-generation immigrants) prone becoming terrorists. noted flows countries where destination countries. Ultimately, all findings that, extensive political claims contrary, unauthorized central driver decades.

Language: Английский

Foreign terrorist fighters as a potential security problem of the Republic of Serbia

Srpska politička misao, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 87(5), P. 9 - 26

Published: Jan. 1, 2024

The paper analyzes the phenomenon of foreign terrorist fighters, who can represent a potential security problem for Republic Serbia. It is believed that in period from 2012 to 2016, more than 1,200 people Western Balkan region (including Serbia, as well). fact 49 Serbian adult citizens went Syria (37 men and 12 women) very important. Authors first made distinction between terms fighters so continuation work focus would be on classification this phenomenon. Although appeared much earlier, research war Syria, which involved large number international actors, including organizations, such "Islamic State". central part dedicated institutional strategic framework deals with prevention fight against violent extremism terrorism. In addition, authors analyzed all phases (and at same time problem) return well their families territory giving predictive analyses. Iraq Serbia kind problem. This has been unknown until now, especially when it comes group face restoration. not only about one category (eg terrorists), but we will also meet women children. Up region, have mostly viewed victims, should borne mind individual members female gender radicalized, negative impact children well, through process education. Due these facts, multidisciplinary approach necessary, involve experts different fields.

Language: Английский