Jihadi culture on the World Wide Web /
Ramsay, Gilbert,author.
New York: Bloomsbury,
2013.
"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"--
"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"--
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Machine generated contents note: -- 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.
Terrorism
Jihad
Terrorism