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Inspiring Hate: AQAP's Inspire Publication

Inspiring Hate: AQAP's Inspire Publication

Randall Rogan
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 22
ISBN13: 9781466697287|ISBN10: 1466697288|EISBN13: 9781466697294
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9728-7.ch001
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Rogan, Randall. "Inspiring Hate: AQAP's Inspire Publication." Impact of Communication and the Media on Ethnic Conflict, edited by Steven Gibson and Agnes Lucy Lando, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 1-22. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9728-7.ch001

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Rogan, R. (2016). Inspiring Hate: AQAP's Inspire Publication. In S. Gibson & A. Lando (Eds.), Impact of Communication and the Media on Ethnic Conflict (pp. 1-22). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9728-7.ch001

Chicago

Rogan, Randall. "Inspiring Hate: AQAP's Inspire Publication." In Impact of Communication and the Media on Ethnic Conflict, edited by Steven Gibson and Agnes Lucy Lando, 1-22. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9728-7.ch001

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Abstract

Although Usama bin Laden is dead, the radical ideology that underscored his actions and those of his followers continues to live in his written and spoken communiqués, as well as those of other leaders of the jihadist movement. Of interest to this investigation is the internet publication Inspire, produced by al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP). At the core of these documents are the identity constructions of Self and Other. Previous research of terrorist writings highlights the centrality of Self and Other framing in advocacy for violence. Employing computational linguistic analyses, this investigation explored the identity frames published in Inspire. Results indicate that characterizations of the Self are as the victim of oppression by the Other, countered by frames of morality, purity, spirituality, and honor. Comparatively, the Other is framed as the actor towards the Self, engaging in aggressive, militaristic, and oppressive behaviors.

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