Information control and terrorism: Tracking the Mumbai terrorist attack through twitter

Agendas • Analysis of terrorists' decision making cycle during the Mumbai terrorist attack Situation Awareness (SA) Theory Role of situational information • Analysis of Twitter postings of the Mumbai terror incident. • Challenging issue of information control in social networking website during the terrorist attack Attack mounted by 10 Pakistani terrorists of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LET) group 173 people killed, at least 308 people wounded Mumbai Terror: Analysis • " The first mass casualty terrorism against innocent civilians using hand-held weapons " in India (Raman 2009) Past: " timed or remotely controlled improvised explosive devices (IEDs) " Mumbai Terror: Use of hand-held weapons What is the role of media, internet, communication technology and information in Mumbai terror?