Del i serien New Directions in Terrorism Studies

Jihadi Culture on the World Wide Web

Inbunden, Engelska, 2013

AvGilbert Ramsay

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Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2014This volume examines "jihadi" content on the Internet by drawing on both Arabic and English primary source materials. After examining this content as digital media, the work looks at how it is productively consumed by online communities, including how "jihadi" individuals construct themselves online and how jihadism is practiced and represented as an online activity. The work also discusses the consumption of such jihadi media by those who are hostile to radical Islam and the relation between fantasy, pleasure, ideology, and ordinary life.This unique survey features case studies, such as the cyberjihadi "Irhabi 007," pro-US and Israeli "patriots" who are often openly Islamophobic, and "Infovlad" --a forum that became the meeting place for radical Islamists and radical freelance "counter terrorists." This innovative approach to studying violent content on the Internet is a significant contribution to the literature that will appeal to anyone interested in political violence, terrorism, and political communication.

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Utgivningsdatum2013-12-05
Mått152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt558 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Directions in Terrorism Studies
Antal sidor272
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781441175625
UtmärkelserWinner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2015 (United States)

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AcknowledgementsChapter 1: Terror on the Internet?Chapter 2: Alternative Media, and its AlternativesChapter 3: Jihadi Content on the Word Wide WebChapter 4: Jihadi Forums in their Own WordsChapter 5: Disagreeable DisagreementsChapter 6: Being a Jihadi on the InternetChapter 7: Some other ‘Jihadi’ Consumption Cultures: Crusaderism, War Porn, ShockChapter 8: Jihadism between Fantasy and Virtuality: A Tentative ConclusionGlossary of Arabic TermsBibliographyIndex

This comprehensive, forensic analysis of 'Jihadi' content on the Internet is of great help in understanding and assessing the related security threat. Gilbert Ramsay makes a compelling case for drawing a clear distinction between on-line and off-line activity. He looks deeply into the nature of 'salafi-jihadist' material on the web, and offers an interesting and novel take on the possible drivers behind its production and consumption.