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Nonetheless f 'identification machines I work in roth directions. Even
as the terrorists attacked functions and not individuals the death of
these people brings aOOut a media inquiry and breath of life into who
these people were and what they did. A murdered functionary f like
Buback, becomes a husband with children and a pet dog, and the state
acquires a human face. The terrorists, on the other hand, in a case of
role reversal with the death of a member f do not mention the life of
their former comrades, such as Beer and Plambeck, beyond their
dedication to the 'cause' .38
3. Terrorism, Public Opinion and the Media
This section examines each of the organisational models in
relationship to its characteristics and approaches to the public and the
media. For each model type the relevant terrorist organisation is
discussed (Revolutionary Cells as 'instrumental', Red Army Faction as
'organisational' f and the Autonanen as 'expressive') with regard to what
they expected of the public, how they viewed them, and why they did not
receive public support, but the government did. The aims and
expectations of the terrorists aOOut the media are also discussed.
3.1 The Instrumental Model
Chapter five stated that the 'instrumental' model applied to groups
using terrorism as a strategic option to further political goals, and
that this coincided, to some extent I with the activities and statements
of the Revolutionary Cells. The RZ use terrorism to affect increased
public pressures for change on the government or other targeted bodies.
RZ activities use the public as the object of their actions, the public
do not use the RZ as their object to increase pressure on the targeted
bodies. 39 The 'public' for the group may be an exclusive one when aims
are limited to particular causes chosen by the group.
The Revolutionary Cells argue that they are part of the masses and
want to help them help themselves. However, as the group began as
afterhours activity by people in other political organisations and did
not undertake large acti vi ties and publish pamphlets, the public could
not identify with the RZ itself, but with the goals of the other groups
the members belonged to, such as anti-imperialism, support for prisoners
38 Hozic 1
74.
39 Iring Fetscher, Herfried Munckler, Hannelore Ludwig, "Ideologien
der Terroristen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland", in: Iring Fetscher,
Guenter Rohrmoser (eds. ) I Ideologien und strategien: Analysen des
Terrorismus Band I (Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1981), 15-271, 161.