Cover -- Title -- Contents -- Introduction: After bin Laden Susan Jeffords and Fahed Al-Sumait -- Part I. Defining Political Actors -- 1. Bin Laden's Ghost and the Epistemological Crises of Counterterrorism Richard Jackson -- 2. The Discursive Portrayals of Osama bin Laden Aditi Bhatia -- 3. The bin Laden Tapes Andrew Hill -- Part II. Comparing Global News Media -- 4. Words and War: Al Jazeera and Al Qaeda Courtney C. Radsch -- 5. Metaphorizing Terrorism: Al Qaeda in German and British Tabloids Alexander Spencer -- 6. The Myth of the Terrorist as a Lover: Competing Regional Media Frames Noha Mellor -- 7. Images of Our Dead Enemies: Visual Representations of bin Laden, Hussein, and el-Qaddafi Susan M -- Part III. Engaging Popular Cultures -- 8. Without Osama: Tere bin Laden and the Critique of the War on Terror Purnima Bose -- 9. Obama bin Laden [sic]: How to Win the War on Terror #likeaboss Ryan Croken -- 10. Congratulations! You Have Killed Osama bin Laden!! Simon Ferrari -- 11. Muslims in America and the Post-9/11 Terrorism Debates: Media and Public Opinion Brigitte L. Na -- Epilogue. After bin Laden: Zero Dark Thirty Susan Jeffords and Fahed Al-Sumait -- Contributors -- Index.