Jared Ahmad
Title of thesis
Envisioning Terror: An analysis of the role of images in the BBC’s post September 11th 2001 representation(s) of al-Qaeda
Supervisors
Dr. Piers Robinson (Politics), Professor Stephen Hutchings (Languages, Linguistics and Cultures).
Planned submission date
September 2013
Project overview
My project aims to investigate the ways in which televisual images have brought shape to, and engendered, the al-Qaeda phenomenon. Whilst others have sought to focus on al-Qaeda as a material threat, this study will seek to investigate al-Qaeda as a ‘virtual’ entity, something that cannot be fought in a conventional, military sense.
Research interests
Political & Media Communication, Critical Terrorism Studies, Visual Culture.
Teaching experience
Introduction to International Politics (POLI10601).
Email address
jared.ahmad@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk