RT Book
T1 As terrorism evolves: media, religion, and governance
A1 Seib, Philip 1949-
LA English
PP Cambridge
PB Cambridge University Press
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1005464286
AB Some of the world's most lethal terrorist organizations have become media-centric enterprises, while also hijacking a major world religion, holding large swathes of physical territory, and governing their own virtual states.  In this concise and penetrating book, Seib traces how terrorism has proliferated and increased significantly in menace in the relatively brief period between the rise of al-Qaeda and the creation of Islamic State. With close attention to the linkages between media, religion, and violence, the book offers incisive analysis of how organizations such as Islamic State, al-Qaeda, and Boko Haram operate and reflects on how terrorism may continue to evolve. Seib argues that twenty-first-century terrorism is enabled by new media and depends on social networks as connective tissue, while interacting simultaneously with religion and socio-economic and political grievances. As Terrorism Evolves prescribes new measures for counterterrorism efforts, underscores the importance of soft power, and makes a strong case for recognizing that we have entered an era of terrorism of undetermined duration.
NO Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 29 Sep 2017)
CN HV6431
SN 9781108303996
K1 Terrorism : Religious aspects.
K1 Terrorism and mass media
K1 Terrorism : Religious aspects
K1 Terrorism
K1 Terrorism ; Religious aspects
DO 10.1017/9781108303996