By Philip Seib, Dana M. Janbek
ISBN-10: 0415779626
ISBN-13: 9780415779623
International Terrorism and New Media conscientiously examines the content material of terrorist web pages and extremist tv programming to supply a finished examine how terrorist teams use new media today.
Based in part on a content material research of debate forums and boards, the authors percentage their findings on how terrorism 1.0 is migrating to 2.0 the place the interactive nature of recent media is used to construct digital association and neighborhood. even though the inventive use of social networking instruments equivalent to fb may perhaps enhance the achieve of terrorist teams, the effect in their use of latest media continues to be doubtful. The e-book will pay specific consciousness to terrorist media efforts directed at girls and kids, that are facts of the long term method that a few terrorist companies have followed, and the connection among terrorists’ media presence and genuine terrorist task. This quantity additionally appears on the way forward for terrorism on-line and analyzes classes realized from counterterrorism strategies.
This publication should be of a lot curiosity to scholars of terrorism experiences, media and verbal exchange stories, safety experiences and political science.
Reviews:
'This booklet is extremely suggested for college students of terrorism and those that desire to extend their wisdom of publicly to be had extremist notion and attainable strategies to its propagation.' - Maj. Charles Jack, Centre of Excellence Defence opposed to Terrorism publication, April-May-June 2012
'Philip Seib and Dana Janbek dissect the main dramatically replaced environmental function that today’s terrorists make the most for propaganda, recruitment, details, and the growth in their overseas succeed in: the recent international media and communique platforms and the way they've got formed the verbal exchange ideas of terrorist businesses, so much of all Al Qaeda and like-minded teams. whereas a necessary source for college students of terrorism and counterterrorism, the e-book is available for basic readers besides. i like to recommend it highly.' - Brigitte Nacos, Columbia University
'This booklet is a must-read for students and scholars of terrorism and counterterrorism stories, media and communique experiences, in addition to army and govt officers who've the accountability of retaining their state secure from terrorists.' - Terrorism and Political Violence, 23(2)
'Global Terrorism and New Media is an interesting learn and of gain to an individual fascinated about terror prevention, defense reviews, or political science.' - Ben Rothke, protection Management
'The energy of this ebook lies in its thorough research, description, and examples to help its claims. The authors do a good activity of offering a "no non-sense" interpretation of the concept that of up to date terrorism [...] This e-book is a needs to learn for students and scholars of terrorism and counterterrorism reviews, media and verbal exchange experiences, in addition to army and executive officers who've the accountability of protecting their state secure from terrorists.' - Terrorism and Political Violence, quantity 23, factor 2 April 2011 , 314
'Global Terrorism and New Media is an interesting learn and of profit to somebody serious about terror prevention, defense reviews, or political science.' - Ben Rothke, safety administration online
"A complete account of ways terrorist teams use the Internet’s new media by way of analyzing the content material in their web pages, together with their extremist tv programs." - Joshua Sinai, ‘Terrorism Bookshelf: best one hundred fifty Books on Terrorism and Counterterrorism’, views on Terrorism, Vol. 6, No. 2 (2012)
