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Area of Science:

  • Social Sciences
  • Computational Social Science
  • Psychology

Background:

  • Terrorist attacks significantly impact public attention, opinion, and government policies.
  • Measuring shifts in public attention beyond media coverage presents methodological challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a method for measuring changes in public attention following terrorist attacks.
  • To analyze the content of public discourse to understand societal reactions and identity formation.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized Wikipedia's extensive article database (5.8 million articles).
  • Analyzed a sample of 15 recent terrorist attacks.
  • Employed a complex exclusion procedure to identify topics with increased attention.

Main Results:

  • Terrorist attacks create a distinct "Us" (target society) versus "Them" (terrorist) boundary.
  • Public attention shifts towards understanding the 'other' and self-reflection on societal identity.
  • Increased curiosity about the adversary and introspection within the targeted group were observed.

Conclusions:

  • Public reactions to terrorist attacks involve identity construction and a drive to understand both the in-group and out-group.
  • Systematic analysis of public reactions can inform strategies to mitigate the societal consequences of disruptive events.