When Jihadi Ideology Meets Social Media

• Main Authors: Ammar, Jamil (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Xu, Songhua (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Middle East-Politics and government.; Political communication.; Religion and politics.; Culture.; Technology.; Social media.; Computer crimes.; Middle Eastern Politics.; Political Communication.; Politics and Religion.; Culture and Technology.; Social Media.; Cybercrime.

This book is designed to provide specialists, spectators, and students with a brief and engaging exploration of media usage by radical groups and the laws regulating these grey areas of Jihadi propaganda activities. The authors investigate the use of religion to advance political agendas and the leg...

Table of Contents:

• 1: Who Speaks for Islam? Extreme Religious Groups, the Exception that Proves the Rule
• 2: The Rise of Religious Extremism in the Middle East: A Triptych View?
• 3: Extreme Groups and the Militarization of Social Media
• 4: Extreme Groups Propaganda War under a Free Speech Lens: The Unwinnable Battle
• 5: Technology to the Rescue: A Software-Based Approach to Tackle Extreme Speech. .