The Islamic State’s Offline Propaganda Strategy
An updated short article by Charlie Winter, ex-Quilliam Foundation, on the Lawfare blog:
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Editor's Note: The Islamic State produces potent propaganda, inspiring tens of thousands of Muslims to travel to Syria to fight and encouraging other Muslims to launch attacks in their home countries. The propagandists also try to brainwash those unfortunate enough to be under the group’s thumb. Charlie Winter of Georgia State University explores the Islamic State’s internal propaganda mechanisms, offering an in-depth description of its media machine and the dangerous messages it churns out.
Link:https://www.lawfareblog.com/totalita...ganda-strategy
Using big data to fight ISIS
Actually the full title of the article, on Strife - a Kings War Studies blog - is 'Turning technology from an asset into a liability: using big data to fight ISIS' and this post will be copied to the ISIS & Media thread later.
Link:https://strifeblog.org/2016/04/01/tu...to-fight-isis/
The author's arguments are weakened IMHO by sentences like this:
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However, sketching using big data analytics can define some widely-valid characteristics. For instance,
ISIS recruits tend to be predominantly young and male and the ones originating in the EU and the US tend to come from a middle class background, with a high level of education.
Really? We need 'big data' to tell us that?
So IARPA facial recognition programme exists, but human can be an alternative as today's story shows, with the Met Police in London:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016...ucci-caught-b/
There are those, also @ Kings, who have found terrorist use of the Dark Web is not that great:http://www.scmagazineuk.com/report-t...rticle/485969/
ISIS has to use Facebook & Twitter
J.M. Berger returns to the fray:
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The Islamic State has found its latest social media flavor of the month, the encrypted and security-conscious messaging service known as Telegram.
(Then in a twist) So why do ISIS supporters keep returning to Twitter, Facebook and YouTube, despite the significant pressure from fast and furious suspensions?....The answer is simple. That’s where the audience is. While ISIS can and will seek out alternative platforms for its propaganda and recruitment efforts, it can’t make its targets come along for the ride.
Link:https://www.hate-speech.org/isis-and-the-big-three/
U.S. Cyberwar Aims to Cripple ISIS Operations and Recruiting
U.S. Cyberwar Aims to Cripple ISIS Operations and Recruiting
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ISIS Media Output Drops as Military Pressure Rises, Report Says
ISIS Media Output Drops as Military Pressure Rises, Report Says
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One by One, ISIS Social Media Experts Are Killed as Result of FBI Program
One by One, ISIS Social Media Experts Are Killed as Result of FBI Program
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Berlin Attack Echoes ISIS Propaganda Shift
Berlin Attack Echoes ISIS Propaganda Shift
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Twitter Must Do More to Block ISIS
Twitter Must Do More to Block ISIS
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The ISIS Propaganda Decline
The ISIS Propaganda Decline: Update
Charlie Winter, back @ ICSR has an updated analysis of ISIS media operations via the BBC:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41845285
Apocalypse, later: a longitudinal study of the Islamic State brand
Charlie Winter, ex-ICSR, has written this article and it is on-line free for sixty days.
Link:http://tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1...edAccess=true&