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Proto-state media systems : the digital rise of al-Qaeda and ISIS /

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Utilizing constitutive and online networking theories, this text explores how militant proto-states create lasting, adaptable, identity-based systems that work to attract and sustain the attention of followers. This book showcases how standard media systems theory fails to fully explain the media sy...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Winkler, Carol (Author), El Damanhoury, Kareem (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2022]
Series:Causes and consequences of terrorism series.
Subjects:
IS (Organization)
Qaida (Organization)
Digital media > Political aspects > Middle East.
Terrorism and mass media > Middle East.
Mass media policy > Middle East.
Political.
PHILOSOPHY.
Social Psychology.
PSYCHOLOGY.
Criminology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE.
Digital media > Political aspects
Mass media policy
Terrorism and mass media
Middle East
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Utilizing constitutive and online networking theories, this text explores how militant proto-states create lasting, adaptable, identity-based systems that work to attract and sustain the attention of followers. This book showcases how standard media systems theory fails to fully explain the media systems of these organizations as a basis for building a revised theoretical lens that comprehends these emergent systems in the 21st century global media context.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 277 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780197568064
0197568068
9780197568040
0197568041
019756805X
9780197568057