From Paris to Jakarta: How Terror Attacks Drive Mobile Engagement

• Main Author: Mahzam, Remy
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82725; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/40259
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Thanks to mobile communication, the 14 January Jakarta attacks were documented by eye-witnesses through their mobile phone cameras and distributed over quick-sharing applications. This also brought the experience to a whole new level, with the spectre of terrorism making its way into the personal sp...