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Terrorist Narratives & Communicative Devices: Findings from a Study of Online Terrorist Magazines
Stuart Macdonald 
Expanding Research on Countering Violent Extremism, Pages: 127 - 141
Swansea University Author:
Stuart Macdonald
Abstract
This essay presents quantitative findings from a study of five online terrorist magazines. Published between 1 January 2009 and 30 June 2015, the magazines were all produced by groups following a jihadist ideology. The essay’s analysis is organised into three strands: the composition of the magazine...
| Published in: | Expanding Research on Countering Violent Extremism |
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| Published: |
Abu Dhabi
Hedayah
2016
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| Online Access: |
https://www.hedayahcenter.org/resources/reports_and_publications/expanding-research-on-cve/ |
| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa30557 |
| Abstract: |
This essay presents quantitative findings from a study of five online terrorist magazines. Published between 1 January 2009 and 30 June 2015, the magazines were all produced by groups following a jihadist ideology. The essay’s analysis is organised into three strands: the composition of the magazines; the justifications advanced in, and motivations underlying, the magazines’ articles; and, the content of the magazines’ images. The overarching objective is to identify the central narratives and themes that are constructed, and the communicative devices used to advance these. The essay seeks to show that differences exist between the various magazines and the groups that produce them – which highlights the importance of developing responses and interventions that are carefully tailored and nuanced – and considers some of the implications of these findings for efforts to develop counter-narratives. |
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| Keywords: |
Terrorism; communication; counterterrorism; narratives |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Start Page: |
127 |
| End Page: |
141 |