Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2014 This volume examines "jihadi"
content on the Internet by drawing on both Arabic and English primary
source materials. After examining this content as digital media, the
work looks at how it is productively consumed by online communities,
including how "jihadi" individuals construct themselves online and how
jihadism is practiced and represented as an online activity. The work
also discusses the consumption of such jihadi media by those who are
hostile to radical Islam and the relation between fantasy, pleasure,
ideology, and ordinary life. This unique survey features case studies,
such as the cyberjihadi "Irhabi 007," pro-US and Israeli "patriots"
who are often openly Islamophobic, and "Infovlad" --a forum that
became the meeting place for radical Islamists and radical freelance
"counter terrorists." This innovative approach to studying violent
content on the Internet is a significant contribution to the
literature that will appeal to anyone interested in political
violence, terrorism, and political communication.
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ISBN
9781441158123
Publisert
2015
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Bloomsbury USA
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Product language
Engelsk
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Product format
Digital bok
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