Proto-state media systems : the digital rise of al-Qaeda and ISIS /
Winkler, Carol,author.
El Damanhoury, Kareem,author.
Utilizing constitutive and online networking theories, this text explores how militant proto-states create lasting, adaptable, identity-based systems that work to attract and sustain the attention of followers. This book showcases how standard media systems theory fails to fully explain the media systems of these organizations as a basis for building a revised theoretical lens that comprehends these emergent systems in the 21st century global media context.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The challenge to state-based global media systems -- Proto-state media systems : a history of al-Qaeda and ISIS -- Transhistorical militancy, community-building, and proto-state media systems -- Transpatial identity, community-building, and proto-state media systems -- Material presence, attention, and proto-state media systems -- Audience resiliency strategies of proto-state media systems -- An analytical approach for understanding proto-state media systems.
Utilizing constitutive and online networking theories, this text explores how militant proto-states create lasting, adaptable, identity-based systems that work to attract and sustain the attention of followers. This book showcases how standard media systems theory fails to fully explain the media systems of these organizations as a basis for building a revised theoretical lens that comprehends these emergent systems in the 21st century global media context.
IS (Organization)
Qaida (Organization)
Digital media
Terrorism and mass media
Mass media policy