Terrorexpertise:Guardian/Times articles on terrorism

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This page shows data on the coverage of terrorism in The Times and The Sunday Times, and The Guardian and The Observer between 1950 and 2007. The data was compiled from three fully searchable newspaper archives; The Times Digital Archive (1785-1985), the ProQuest Historical Newspapers archive of The Guardian and The Observer (1791-2003), and the newspaper database of Lexis Nexis.

Each year between 1950 and 2007 was searched for articles including the terms "Terrorism" OR "Terrorists". The results are reproduced in the table below.

Table

Year The Times Archive Lexis Nexis - The Times/Sunday Times ProQuest - Guardian/Observer Lexis Nexis - Guardian/Observer
1950 117 136
1951 183 190
1952 431 325
1953 451 377
1954 386 404
1955 416 481
1956 546 645
1957 342 353
1958 284 366
1959 124 169
1960 132 176
1961 265 234
1962 202 241
1963 135 220
1964 150 254
1965 159 216
1966 190 259
1967 333 356
1968 217 214
1969 181 221
1970 242 319
1971 460 573
1972 629 774
1973 500 641
1974 702 867
1975 717 978
1976 773 1093
1977 875 1251
1978 908 1342
1979 108 1294
1980 728 1226
1981 816 1256
1982 725 1164
1983 649 1139
1984 769 1384
1985 988 1587 1575
1986 2159 1939 1699
1987 1142 1324 1051
1988 1437 1660 1367
1989 1701 1359 1092
1990 1099 1206 1036
1991 867 1332 1298
1992 818 1206 1167
1993 977 1319 1444
1994 987 1237 1344
1995 1001 1249 1367
1996 1098 1390 1556
1997 841 1140 1259
1998 1139 1457 1900
1999 1143 1473 1490
2000 1117 1351 1361
2001 4188 4635 4231
2002 3758 4077 4428
2003 3406 4064 3716
2004 3305 4097
2005 3492 4073
2006 3184 3893
2007 2883 3469