Textual Messaging of ISIS’s al-Naba and the Context Drivers That Correspond to Strategic Changes

Lokmanoglu, Ayse; Winkler, Carol; Mahmoud, Monerah Al; McMinimy, Kayla; Kountz, Katherine

doi:10.1080/1057610x.2022.2109245

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“…In response to the growing need for understanding terrorist propaganda, an expanding body of literature dedicated to examining terrorist propaganda has emerged, dominantly employing content analysis as an analytical method (Barr and Herfroy-Mischler 2018;Lokmanoglu et al 2022;Winkler et al 2019). Content analysis is used in diverse ways, extending from written texts (Bartley 2022;Ingram 2021;Novenario 2016) to auditory texts (Kuznar 2017) and visual-audio texts [videos] (Barr and Herfroy-Mischler 2018).…”

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Toward a Skinnerian interpretivist methodological approach for terrorist propaganda

2023

Social Science Quarterly

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ObjectiveThis article revisits the prevalent use of content analysis for examining terrorist propaganda in response to the methodological stagnation and aims to propose a novel methodological framework for understanding terrorist propaganda.MethodBorrowing from Quentin Skinner's intellectual works and using a terrorist propaganda video as our case study, we construct an analytical framework and apply it into practice.ResultsThe application of this approach yields and enlightens a prevalent speech act of inviting performed through terrorist propaganda.ConclusionWe highlight the role of an innovative methodological approach that underscores the role of revolutionary political concepts in legitimizing violent jihadist activities.

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