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Global Freedom of Expression

Brigitte Nacos

Brigitte Nacos received her Ph.D. from Columbia University. She is a journalist, author, and for more than two decades an adjunct Professor of Political Science at Columbia University. She is the author of several books, among them Terrorism and the Media: From the Iran Hostage Crisis to the Oklahoma City Bombing; Mass-Mediated Terrorism: The Central Role of the Media in Terrorism and Counterterrorism; Terrorism and Counterterrorism; and Selling Fear: Counterterrorism, the Media and Public Opinion.