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This chapter demonstrates that the original terrain of Proximization Theory, anti-terrorist discourse, has expanded to blend with other domains, such as discourse of cyberspace. Originally a mundane technological discourse, the discourse of cyberspace has changed dramatically after 9/11, incorporating fear-inducing alerts to the possibility of cyberattacks. The chapter shows that, today, the discourse of cyberspace has virtually turned into the discourse of cyberthreat, reflecting general context of uncertainty and common anxiety following the WTC and the Pentagon terrorist attacks. It includes a variety of proximization strategies which construe ‘clear and present’ threats in order to trigger public mobilization and response.
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Cap, P. (2017). Technological Discourse: Threats in the Cyberspace. In: The Language of Fear. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-59731-1_5
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