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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
Table of Contents:
  • The challenge to state-based global media systems
  • Proto-state media systems : a history of al-Qaeda and ISIS
  • Transhistorical militancy, community-building, and proto-state media systems
  • Transpatial identity, community-building, and proto-state media systems
  • Material presence, attention, and proto-state media systems
  • Audience resiliency strategies of proto-state media systems
  • An analytical approach for understanding proto-state media systems.