The representation of youth in the Islamic State's propaganda magazine Dabiq

Christien, Agathe

doi:10.15664/jtr.1201

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“…Los niños son representados por los medios de comunicación terroristas como «víctimas de la intervención occidental contra el Estado Islámico para generar sentimentalismo y frustración en el público» 124 . Esta representación oculta la explotación de los mismos niños como bienes materiales en posesión de los soldados del Estado Islámico para ser aprovechados en apoyo de la causa fundamentalista 125 ; y incluso, según el testimonio de un ex combatiente extranjero, ejecuciones sumarias en público como castigo intimidatorio ejemplar por transgresiones consideradas imperdonables (como la blasfemia por nombrar incorrectamente a Mahoma) 126 .…”

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Vulnerabilidad, propaganda terrorista online y reclutamiento en el contexto del terrorismo internacional

Rossi¹

2021

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La captación de terroristas conocidos como “internacionales” o “yihadistas” y la propaganda online son cuestiones contemporáneas cruciales. El Estado Islámico ha desarrollado un aparato de propaganda organizado y eficaz a escala mundial. Fuera de sus territorios, se sirve de una red que llama a personas vulnerables a convertirse en combatientes terroristas extranjeros (foreign terrorist fighters) o en lobos solitarios (lone wolves). El presente estudio analiza los principales objetivos, medios y efectos de la propaganda online y del reclutamiento de terroristas, y concluye que es necesario un cambio del actual paradigma de prevención. El objetivo multicultural más amplio es restablecer la confianza mutua entre las personas marginadas y/o radicalizadas, la sociedad y el Estado.The so-called «international» or «jihadi» terrorist recruitment and online propaganda are paramount contemporary issues. The Islamic State built an organised and efficient propaganda apparatus at global level. Outside its territories, it relies upon a network calling on vulnerable individuals to turn into foreign terrorist fighters or lone wolves. This paper analyses the main targets, means and effects of terrorist propaganda and recruitment. In the concluding remarks, the author argues that a change of the current preventive paradigm is necessary. The broader goal is to restore mutual trust between marginalised and/or radicalised individuals, society, and the State.

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Vulnerabilidad, propaganda terrorista online y reclutamiento en el contexto del terrorismo internacional

Rossi¹

2021

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“…She concludes that children and youth are portrayed predominantly in passive rolesas weak or victimized and as objects or commoditiesand that IS displays children in ways that foster state building and glorify the group, though she notes an evolution in the later issues in which youth are increasingly empowered and portrayed in active roles, especially violent ones. 26 Macdonald has examined how the producers of Dabiq seek to induce behavioural change in its readers. Using the framework of responsive regulation, he argues that the magazine uses a variety of persuasive techniques that are analogous to those used by regulators: promises of (physical and spiritual) benefits; issuing warnings that punishment for non-adherents is inescapable, yet simultaneously avoiding resort to the use of bare threats that would generate reactance; and, reinforcing sympathizers' willingness to selfidentify with IS by portraying the group as fair, in both a substantive and a procedural sense.…”

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Visual Jihad: Constructing the “Good Muslim” in Online Jihadist Magazines

Macdonald

Lorenzo-Dus

2019

Studies in Conflict & Terrorism

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Images are known to have important effects on human perception and persuasion. Jihadist groups are also known to make strategic use of emotive imagery and symbolism for persuasive ends. Yet until recently studies of the online magazines published by violent jihadist groups largely focused on their textual, not their image, content and, whilst the image content of these magazines is now the subject of a burgeoning number of studies, few of these compare the images used by different groups. This article accordingly offers a cross-group comparison, examining the image content of a total of 39 issues of five online magazines published by four different jihadist groups. Starting with a content analysis, it shows that the images' most common focus is non-leader jihadis. Using a news values analysis, it then shows how these images of non-leader jihadis are used to visually construct the identity of a 'good Muslim'. This construct is characterised by three traits, each corresponding to a different news value: fulfilled (personalisation); active (consonance); and, respected (prominence). Moreover, these traits are intertwined: fulfilment comes from responding actively to the call to violent jihad, which in turn promises respect. The article concludes by highlighting some subtle differences between how the news values of personalisation, consonance and prominence are realised in the different magazines, and by discussing the implications of the 'good Muslim' construct for efforts to develop counter-messages.

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“…Bloom et al (2016) analyzed images of children and youth from their original database of martyrdom propaganda, but the focus of their article was on the nature of the propaganda and not on the psychological motives. Christien (2016) examined the representations of children in Dabiq magazine, but the study's analysis of visual content was limited to only thirteen pictures drawn from the first eight issues. In order to fill this gap in research, we conducted a qualitative visual analysis of images of children from all currently published issues of Dabiq and Rumiyah.…”

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Qualitative content analysis of images of children in Islamic State’s Dabiq and Rumiyah magazines

Kaczkowski¹

2019

CVIR

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The Islamic State (ISIS) is infamous for their use of social media and new technologies to recruit fighters and spread their ideology worldwide. Oftentimes, the group exploits children for their propaganda efforts. This study presents a qualitative content analysis of images of children in the ISIS propaganda magazines, Dabiq and Rumiyah. Overall, our findings indicate that the representation of children in the magazines evolves from their depiction as victims of the group's enemies to future fighters in the group. Based on the social identity concepts theory, we argue that these images are used to generate in-group favoritism and out-group derogation.

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The representation of youth in the Islamic State's propaganda magazine Dabiq

Cited by 20 publications

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Vulnerabilidad, propaganda terrorista online y reclutamiento en el contexto del terrorismo internacional

Vulnerabilidad, propaganda terrorista online y reclutamiento en el contexto del terrorismo internacional

Visual Jihad: Constructing the “Good Muslim” in Online Jihadist Magazines

Qualitative content analysis of images of children in Islamic State’s Dabiq and Rumiyah magazines

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