Mobilizing Media: A Deep and Comparative Analysis of Magazines, Music, and Videos in the Context of Terrorism
Principal Investigator: Anthony Lemieux, Georgia State University
Co- Investigators: Carol Winkler, Jonathan Peslak, Akil Awan, Nellly Lahoud, Ben Miller, Jarret Brachman and Weeda Mehran.
Years of Award: 2015-2020
Managing Service Agency: Office of Naval Research
Project Description:
The proposal seeks to examine the diverse components of successful online propaganda by extremist groups of great relevance to national security. Specifically, we will focus on magazines, music, and videos due to their complementary functions and recirculation patterns as linked content across social media and other sharing platforms. We propose a deep analysis of the propaganda campaigns of Al Qaeda & AQAP (since 2004) and ISIL (since inception) and affiliated actors. Al Shabaab's media production will also serve as a point of comparison to build theory regarding particular groups and their media products.
Select Publications
- Awan, A., O'Loughlin, B. and Miskimmon, A. 2019. ‘The battle for the battle of the narratives: Sidestepping the double fetish of digital and CVE’, in (eds. Bjola, C. & Pamment, J.) Countering online propaganda and violent extremism: The dark side of digital diplomacy. London: Routledge.
- Lemieux, A. F. & Wilson R. Forthcoming 2019. "An Information, Motivation, & Behavior Skills Perspective on Terrorist Propaganda". Chapter in Online Terrorist Propaganda, Recruitment, & Radicalization.
- Miller, Ben, Weeda Mehran, Haroon Qahtan and Yassin K. Alsahlani. Forthcoming 2019. “Qualitative and Computational Analysis of Metaphors in Jihadi Propaganda”. Chapter in Online Terrorist Propaganda, Recruitment, & Radicalization.
- Winkler, Carol, Lindsey Dewick, Yennhi Luu & Wojciech Kaczkowski. 2019. Dynamic/Static Image Use in ISIS’s Media Campaign: An Audience Involvement Strategy for Achieving Goals, Terrorism and Political Violence.
- Lahoud, Nelly and Jonathan Pieslak. 2018. “The Music of the Islamic State.” Survival 60. no.1. 153–168.
- Pieslak, Jonathan, Brian Pieslak, and Anthony Lemieux. 2018. “Trends of Anashid Usage in Da‘esh Video Messaging and Their Implications for Identifying Terrorist Audio and Video.” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism.
- Pieslak, Jonathan and Nelly Lahoud. 2018. “The Anashid of the Islamic State: Influence, History, Text, and Sound.” Studies in Conflict and Terrorism.
- Winkler, Carol and Jonathan Pieslak. 2018. “Multimodal Visual/Sound Redundancy in ISIS Videos: A Close Analysis of Martyrdom and Training Segments.” Journal of Policing, Intelligence, and Counter Terrorism 13/3. 345–360.
- Winkler, Carol K., Kareem El Damanhoury, Aaron Dicker, and Anthony Lemieux. 2018. "Images of Death and Dying in ISIS Media: A Comparison of English and Arabic Print Publications.” Media Conflict and War.
- Winkler, Carol, Kareem El Damanhoury, and Anthony F Lemieux. 2018. “Validating Extremism: Strategic Use of Authority Appeals in al-Naba’ Infographics.” Journal of Argumentation in Context, 7(1), 33-71.
- Lahoud, Nelly and Jonathan Pieslak. 2018. “The Music of the Islamic State.” Survival 60, no.1, 153–168.
- Pieslak, Jonathan. 2017. "A Musicological Perspective on Jihadi Anashid" Chapter in Jihadi Culture, Thomas Hegghammer, ed., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 63 - 81.
- Staffel, Simon. and Awan, Akil N. Eds. 2016. Jihadism Transformed: al-Qaeda and Islamic State’s Global Battle of Ideas, London: Hurst.