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The Islamist Cyberpropaganda Threat and Its Counter-Terrorism Policy Implications

The Islamist Cyberpropaganda Threat and Its Counter-Terrorism Policy Implications

Nigel Jones, Paul Baines, Russell Craig, Ian Tunnicliffe, Nicholas O'Shaughnessy
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 26
ISBN13: 9781522571131|ISBN10: 1522571132|EISBN13: 9781522571148
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7113-1.ch052
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Jones, Nigel, et al. "The Islamist Cyberpropaganda Threat and Its Counter-Terrorism Policy Implications." Censorship, Surveillance, and Privacy: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 1072-1097. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7113-1.ch052

APA

Jones, N., Baines, P., Craig, R., Tunnicliffe, I., & O'Shaughnessy, N. (2019). The Islamist Cyberpropaganda Threat and Its Counter-Terrorism Policy Implications. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Censorship, Surveillance, and Privacy: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1072-1097). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7113-1.ch052

Chicago

Jones, Nigel, et al. "The Islamist Cyberpropaganda Threat and Its Counter-Terrorism Policy Implications." In Censorship, Surveillance, and Privacy: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1072-1097. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7113-1.ch052

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Abstract

This chapter examines Islamist cyberpropaganda case studies live in 2014, namely Al Qaeda, Islamic State, Boko Haram and Al Shabaab. The authors define cyberpropganda as the exploitation of the generative characteristics of online interaction for the production and reproduction of propaganda. The cross-case analysis identifies key messages and themes, how cyberpropaganda is generated and spread, and how it is made attractive to those who may act on it. In the discussion that follows implications for the policy-maker are identified and addressed. These include whether to tackle symptoms or causes of the problems and whether to treat the problems as essentially global or local. The final issue is how the counter-propagandist can make themselves heard.

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