Chapter 35 Consuming terrorism statistics

Michelle Strayer For the community contribution project, I presented a lecture on how to critically consume statistics on terrorism. This lecture was broken down into several parts, including a discussion of why critical consumption is necessary, how media presentation of terrorism statistics shapes (and distorts) our understanding of current events, barriers in studying terrorism, and suggestions on responsibly consuming terrorism statistics from the lenses of political science, data science, statistics, and mass media.