Design Context: OUGD403 Message and Delivery:Research

Create a body of research on responses to a story, issue or theme found in the national press tomorrow, Tuesday 23rd November

There was a story that came out on this date about three men who had planned a terrorist attack claiming that they are 'Like Four Lions-But there are only three of us' The Independant 23/10/2012
I chose this story because terrorism is something that everyone no matter what country you live in you are aware off, this story was in many of the news papers i looked at the articles i chose were from The Independant, Daily express and The Sun.
Article 1:The Independant

Article 2 : The Sun

Article 3: Daily Express

I started to think broader so i looked up the word terrorism this was the meaning i got :

"Terrorism is the systematic use of terror, often violent, especially as a means of coercion. In the international community, however, terrorism has no legally binding, criminal law definition.^[1]^[2] Common definitions of terrorism refer only to those violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror), are perpetrated for a religious, political or, ideological goal; and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants (civilians). Some definitions now include acts of unlawful violence and war. The use of similar tactics by criminal organizations for protection rackets or to enforce a code of silence is usually not labeled terrorism though these same actions may be labeled terrorism when done by a politically motivated group. Perhaps,^[3] it is less oppressive in itself than through the effects of the precautions taken to protect its likely victims.^[4]

The word "terrorism" is politically and emotionally charged,^[5] and this greatly compounds the difficulty of providing a precise definition. Studies have found over 100 definitions of “terrorism”.^[6]^[7] The concept of terrorism may itself be controversial as it is often used by state authorities (and individuals with access to state support) to delegitimize political or other opponents,^[8] and potentially legitimize the state's own use of armed force against opponents (such use of force may itself be described as "terror" by opponents of the state).^[8]^[9]

Terrorism has been practiced by a broad array of political organizations for furthering their objectives. It has been practiced by both right-wing and left-wing political parties, nationalistic groups, religious groups, revolutionaries, and ruling governments.^[10] An abiding characteristic is the indiscriminate use of violence against noncombatants for the purpose of gaining publicity for a group, cause, or individual. The symbolism of terrorism can leverage human fear to help achieve these goals. ^[11]"

^{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism}

^{4th November 2012}

^{I realised that everyone knows about terrorism from the news or from what they read in papers but there isnt actually many awareness posters, i know for a fact that in the town where im from and the ciy i am studying in i have never seen any. Even visits to london where there has been terrorist attacks there, there isnt any so i tgought this maybe could be a good route to go down. Below are some images of posters already made:}