David Leonard Bernardi, Pauline Hope Cheong, Chris Lundry, Scott W. Ruston Narrative Landmines: Rumors, Islamist Extremism and the Struggle for Strategic Influence 9780813552507

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Автор: David Leonard Bernardi, Pauline Hope Cheong, Chris Lundry, Scott W. Ruston
Название: Narrative Landmines: Rumors, Islamist Extremism and the Struggle for Strategic Influence
ISBN: 9780813552507
Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan)
Классификация:

Исследования средств массовой информации

ISBN-10: 0813552508
Обложка/Формат: Hardcover
Страницы: 224
Вес: 0.48 кг.
Дата издания: 30.05.2012
Серия: Sociology
Язык: English
Размер: 231 x 152 x 18
Читательская аудитория: Professional and scholarly
Ключевые слова: Media studies
Поставляется из: Англии
Описание: Islamic extremism is the dominant security concern of many contemporary governments, spanning the industrialised West to the developing world. Narrative Landmines explores how rumours fit into and extend narrative systems and ideologies, particularly in the context of terrorism, counter-terrorism, and extremist insurgencies. Its concern is to foster a more sophisticated understanding of how oral and digital cultures work alongside economic, diplomatic, and cultural factors that influence the struggles between states and non-state actors in the proverbial battle of hearts and minds. Beyond face-to-face communication, the authors also address the role of new and social media in the creation and spread of rumours. As narrative forms, rumours are suitable to a wide range of political expression, from citizens, insurgents, and governments alike, and in places as distinct as Singapore, Iraq, and Indonesia—the case studies presented for analysis. The authors make a compelling argument for understanding rumours in these contexts as “narrative IEDs,” low-cost, low-tech weapons that can successfully counter such elaborate and expansive government initiatives as outreach campaigns or strategic communication efforts. While not exactly the same as the advanced technological systems or Improvised Explosive Devices to which they are metaphorically related, narrative IEDs nevertheless operate as weapons that can aid the extremist cause.

Narrative Landmines: Rumors, Islamist Extremism and the Struggle for Strategic Influence, David Leonard Bernardi, Pauline Hope Cheong, Chris Lundry, Scott W. Ruston