Cyber-terror-looming threat or Phantom menace? The framing of the US cyber-threat debate

Journal of Information Technology and Politics

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 19-36

  Cavelty Dr , Myriam Dunn ^a,b,c  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Swedish Internet and workshop initiative   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cyber terrorism; Information infrastructure; Security studies; Threat framing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950782070     PISSN: 19331681     EISSN: 1933169X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J516v04n01_03     Document Type: Article

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