UID:
almafu_9960117362802883
Format:
1 online resource (xi, 189 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
1-108-31768-5
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1-108-32140-2
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1-108-30399-4
Content:
Some of the world's most lethal terrorist organizations have become media-centric enterprises, while also hijacking a major world religion, holding large swathes of physical territory, and governing their own virtual states. In this concise and penetrating book, Seib traces how terrorism has proliferated and increased significantly in menace in the relatively brief period between the rise of al-Qaeda and the creation of Islamic State. With close attention to the linkages between media, religion, and violence, the book offers incisive analysis of how organizations such as Islamic State, al-Qaeda, and Boko Haram operate and reflects on how terrorism may continue to evolve. Seib argues that twenty-first-century terrorism is enabled by new media and depends on social networks as connective tissue, while interacting simultaneously with religion and socio-economic and political grievances. As Terrorism Evolves prescribes new measures for counterterrorism efforts, underscores the importance of soft power, and makes a strong case for recognizing that we have entered an era of terrorism of undetermined duration.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Sep 2017).
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Cover -- Half-title -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Epigraph -- Table of contents -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Nature of the Beast -- What Is terrorism? -- Semantics and Strategies -- Globalized Terrorism -- Counterterrorism Takes Shape -- Terrorism's Dynamism -- The "Lone Wolves" -- The Terrorist Profile -- 2 In God's Name -- Religious Semantics and Principles -- The Clash -- Attitudes toward Religion -- Attitudes toward Violence -- Measuring Global Attitudes -- Shaping Perceptions -- Responding through Religion -- 3 Organizing Terrorism -- The Multipolar Terrorist World -- Al Qaeda -- Boko Haram -- Al-Shabaab -- Hezbollah -- Governing the Caliphate -- Administration -- Follow the Money -- Women -- Children -- New Fighters -- The Terrorist Universe Expands -- 4 Media Weaponry -- The New Media Environment -- The Media Caliphate -- Recruiting -- Message versus Message -- United Kingdom -- United States -- Disrupting Terrorist Media -- Boundaries - Privacy and Ethics -- 5 What Lies Ahead? -- Terrorism Globalized -- Evolving Media Use -- Legal and Ethical Issues -- Islam's Role -- The Value of Public Diplomacy -- Who Is "Winning"? -- Select Bibliography -- Index.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-41169-X
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-41970-4
Language:
English
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108303996
