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Terrorist Narratives & Communicative Devices: Findings from a Study of Online Terrorist Magazines

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Expanding Research on Countering Violent Extremism, Pages: 127 - 141

Swansea University Author: Stuart Macdonald Orcid Logo

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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...

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Published in: Expanding Research on Countering Violent Extremism
Published: Abu Dhabi Hedayah 2016
Online Access: https://www.hedayahcenter.org/resources/reports_and_publications/expanding-research-on-cve/
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