Study: Perceived personal connection to victims, including race, sways public's response to terrorist attacks
In response to an international terrorist attack, the public's level of concern has to do with the locations of the attacks and the perceived identities of the victims, according to a new study by two University of Kansas researchers. In November 2015, a group of Islamic State in Syria, or ISIS, terrorists carried out a series of coordinated attacks that killed 130 people and wounded 367 more. The Paris attacks were widely covered in the Western media, generated an unprecedented amount of public attention on social media outlets and were a major topic in the political debates over the course of the following year.
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