One Man’s Terrorist

In this chapter a review of definitional problems relating to the term terrorism is presented, including its ‘relativity’. The definitions discussed include those present in academia as well as in legal systems. The author attempts to find similarities in the definitions to identify the common denominators. Further, the relationship between the media and terrorism is presented to highlight the dependence of terrorism on the means of mass communication in order to achieve one of their main goals’—instill fear into the public. In this context the issues of code of ethics in the media are being raised, examples discussed include BBC, UNESCO Handbook for journalists and the Council of Europe recommendation “Media and Terrorism”.