This book offers a comprehensive overview and analysis of the Islamic State's use of propaganda. Combining a range of different theoretical perspectives from across the social sciences, and using rigorous methods, the authors trace the origins of the Islamic State's message, laying bare the strategic logic guiding its evolution, examining each of its multi-media components, and showing how these elements work together to radicalize audiences' worldviews. This volume highlights the challenges that this sort of "full-spectrum propaganda" raises for counter terrorism forces. It is not only a one-stop resource for any analyst of IS and Salafi-jihadism, but also a rich contribution to the study of text and visual propaganda, radicalization and political violence, and international security.
| ISBN: | 9780190932466 |
| Publication date: | 24th January 2020 |
| Author: | Stephane J. (Senior Lecturer in International Studies, Senior Lecturer in International Studies, University of Exeter) Baele |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 304 pages |
| Series: | Causes and Consequences of Terrorism |
| Genres: |
Terrorism, armed struggle Political control and freedoms Social, group or collective psychology |