Social and political implications of Islamic State’s emergence in virtual space after defeats on physical battlefield.
Abstract
In spite of Islamic State’s fundamentalism and alleged rejection of Western way of life, this jihadist militant group is notoriously active and effective in using of the opportunities, provided by social networks and messengers, as well as servers of democratic states [1] for several purposes, such as spreading of islamist propaganda, recruiting, intimidation of non-combatants and human trafficking. Such a situation forces members of Western coalition to look for the ways of countering Islamic State’s propaganda and blocking fundamentalist content. Some of the tendencies and regularities, which arise as a result of this struggle, are listed below.References
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