TY - GEN

T1 - Countering terrorist propaganda in Asia: Towards a better communications strategy in cyberspace

AU - Pantserev, Konstantin

AU - Golubev, Konstantin

N1 - Conference code: 14

PY - 2019/2

Y1 - 2019/2

N2 - The paper is intended to address the problem of countering terrorist propaganda and to elaborate a better communications strategy in cyberspace. It has become quite evident that the existing socio-economic order is getting increasingly dependent on telecommunications, networking, and data processing, which are the features of a new way of life in our modern society. A central position in this new system of relations with the public belongs to the information technologies. Yet, at the same time, it is important to bear in mind that these new technologies, when developed to their full potential, are capable of destroying the existing orders and running the risk of wreaking havoc to political systems that once enjoyed relative stability and an unquestionable degree of influence over their publics. Today, for instance, no nation is able to conduct an effective military operation without a well-planned strategic communication. It is remarkable that terrorists are also well aware of that. It seems to be almost universally admitted that the propaganda of the Islamic State has been by far the most successful of all terrorist organisations, which ultimately allowed enlisting to its ranks thousands of new combatants. The purpose of this study is to isolate the most potent factors that made it possible for the self-proclaimed Islamic State to obtain this level of success and to identify the most effective mechanisms of countering those factors in order to draw meaningful lessons for a more effectual policy of containing such challenges in the future.

AB - The paper is intended to address the problem of countering terrorist propaganda and to elaborate a better communications strategy in cyberspace. It has become quite evident that the existing socio-economic order is getting increasingly dependent on telecommunications, networking, and data processing, which are the features of a new way of life in our modern society. A central position in this new system of relations with the public belongs to the information technologies. Yet, at the same time, it is important to bear in mind that these new technologies, when developed to their full potential, are capable of destroying the existing orders and running the risk of wreaking havoc to political systems that once enjoyed relative stability and an unquestionable degree of influence over their publics. Today, for instance, no nation is able to conduct an effective military operation without a well-planned strategic communication. It is remarkable that terrorists are also well aware of that. It seems to be almost universally admitted that the propaganda of the Islamic State has been by far the most successful of all terrorist organisations, which ultimately allowed enlisting to its ranks thousands of new combatants. The purpose of this study is to isolate the most potent factors that made it possible for the self-proclaimed Islamic State to obtain this level of success and to identify the most effective mechanisms of countering those factors in order to draw meaningful lessons for a more effectual policy of containing such challenges in the future.

KW - cyberspace

KW - information technologies

KW - propaganda

KW - terrorism

KW - Islamic State (ISIS)

KW - cyberspace

KW - Information Technologies

KW - Islamic State (ISIS)

KW - Propaganda

KW - terrorism

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85066036867&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://toc.proceedings.com/48113webtoc.pdf

M3 - Conference contribution

SN - 9781510882928

SP - 315

EP - 321

BT - 14th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ICCWS 2019

A2 - Leenen, Louise

A2 - van der Waag-Cowling, Noelle

A2 - van der Waag-Cowling, Noelle

PB - Academic Conferences and Publishing International Limited

CY - UK

T2 - 14th International Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ICCWS 2019

Y2 - 28 February 2019 through 1 March 2019

ER -