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In a third stage, my target will be in demonstrating the construction of the terrorist threat’ theory. Once again, my analysis will be supported by accounts and thesis of some authors. Finally, I will try and sum up the ideas brought up in this essay in an adequate conclusion. 2. Defining “Terrorism” At the eyes of the all world, terrorism is, today, very much a concerning issue, which has invaded and dominated our lives, most particularly, since the attack on the twin towers in New York city, in September 11th 2001. Thus, it has been the centre of much discussion by many and has gained an unprecedented importance and dimension. Because it’s such a complex, sensible, fragile and very much dreadful concept, it’s not easy to broach it in a leaner way and, thus, it produces many concerns and questions about both the discourse of the state and the discourse of the ‘terrorists’. Academics, politicians, security experts and journalists, all use a variety of definitions of ‘terrorism’. Some definitions focus on the ‘terrorist’ organizations’ mode of operation, while others emphasize the motivations and characteristics of ‘terrorism’, and the ‘modus operandi’ of individual ‘terrorists’. In their book “Political Terrorism”, Schmidt and Youngman presented numerous possible definitions for ‘terrorism’, which they obtained in a survey of leading academics in the field. From these definitions, the authors highlighted the elements which were majority cited. Thus, violence and force appeared in 83.5% of the definitions; political in 65%; fear and emphasis on terror in 51%; threats in 47%; psychological effects and anticipated reactions in 41.5%; discrepancy between the targets and the victims in 37.5%; intentional, planned, systematic and organized action in 32%; and, finally, methods of combat, strategy and tactics in 30.5% of all of definitions. In Graham Murdock’s words, “terrorism is a term that cannot be given a stable definition” (Murdock, 1997:1652). In his view, television has a central role in producing such instability. Because television is the “central public arena” for talking and discussing.