| Jihadi Culture on the World Wide Web Contributor(s): Ramsay, Gilbert (Author), Horgan, John G. (Editor), Currie, Mark (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1501307673 ISBN-13: 9781501307676 Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic OUR PRICE: $51.43 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Security (national & International) - Political Science | Terrorism - Political Science | International Relations - General |
| Dewey: 363.325 |
| Series: New Directions in Terrorism Studies |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6" W x 9" (0.79 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2014 This 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. |