Because many of today's terrorist groups are more religiously motivated than their predecessors, they have fewer reasons to seek notoriety.
With all the attention given the recent shootings, experts said, there is a risk that disturbed adolescents seeking notoriety may copy what they have heard.
Kaplan was seeking fame and notoriety through involvement with paranormal cases though the Amityville case is the only one he is really known for.
Here is an interview with an assistant State attorney in which he mentions impractical reformers seeking free advertising and cheap notoriety.
"I think it's appalling that a public servant, paid by the city, would seek notoriety through tragedy."
It had been eminently possible - indeed probable - that he would seek unworthy notoriety by being unpleasant and abrasive.
Many New York eccentrics are not given to seeking notoriety as they go about the daily task of expressing their individuality.
His identity remains unknown as he does not wish to seek fame and notoriety through music.
A nice Jewish girl who lived at home with her parents in Williamsburg, she wasn't seeking notoriety and started taking a different route to work.
Although the book appears to seek notoriety, the artists have gone coy.