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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827239403321

Autore

Seib Philip M. <1949->

Titolo

Global terrorism and new media : the post-Al Qaeda generation / / Philip Seib and Dana M. Janbek

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, 2010

ISBN

1-136-92672-0

1-136-92673-9

1-282-78115-4

9786612781155

0-203-84537-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (154 p.)

Collana

Media, war and security

Altri autori (Persone)

JanbekDana M

Disciplina

302.23

363.325

Soggetti

Terrorism and mass media

Terrorism - Computer network resources

Terrorists - Recruiting

Internet - Political aspects

Information warfare

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Communicating terror; 2 High tech terror: Al Qaeda and beyond; 3 Terrorists' online strategies; 4 Targeting the young; 5 Women and terrorism; 6 Terrorism's online future; 7 Responding to terrorism; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Global Terrorism and New Media carefully examines the content of terrorist websites and extremist television programming to provide a comprehensive look at how terrorist groups use new media today.Based partly on a content analysis of discussion boards and forums, the authors share their findings on how terrorism 1.0 is migrating to 2.0 where the interactive nature of new media is used to build virtual organization and community. Although the creative use of social networking tools such as Facebook may advance the reach of terrorist



groups, the impact of their use of new med