Introduction
The broad view: patterns and preoccupations. The political context: international and domestic security concerns
The Ten O'Clock News: anxious attention
The Journal de Vingt Heures: a degree of detachment
Vremia: compliance and complicity
The close-up view: significant differences. "Islamic extremism" and the brokering of consensus
Television genre and Islamist terror
The war on terror as intercultural flow
Future directions.