Narrative landmines
Subtitle: rumors, Islamist extremism, and the struggle for strategic influence
By: Daniel L. Bernardi ... [et al.].
Series: New directions in international studies
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780813552507; 9780813552514
Subjects: Islamic fundamentalism; Social aspects; Influence; Rumor in mass media; Terrorism and mass media; Mass media; Terrorism; Political aspects; Rumor; Islam
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Rumor theory: narrative systems and hegemonic struggles in contested populations; title: Rumor transmediation: critical mash-ups and a Singapore prison break; title: Rumor mosaics: counterinsurgency operations in Iraq's triangle of death; title: Whisper campaigns: state-sponsored rumors and the post-mortem (de)construction of an Indonesian terrorist; title: Coercion and consent: narrative countermeasures in the battle for "hearts and minds".