Daniel Leonard Bernardi, Pauline Hope Cheong, Chris Lundry, Scott W Ruston

Narrative Landmines

Rumors, Islamist Extremism, and the Struggle for Strategic Influence

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Explores how rumours fit into and extend narrative systems and ideologies, particularly in the context of terrorism, counter-terrorism, and extremist insurgencies. It also addresses the role of new and social media in the creation and spread of rumours. Its concern is to foster a more sophisticated understanding of how oral and digital cultures work alongside economic, diplomatic, and cultural factors that influence the struggles between states and non-state actors in the proverbial battle of hearts and minds.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None edition
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 151mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 353g
• ISBN-13: 9780813552514
• ISBN-10: 0813552516
• Artikelnr.: 34951175

Autorenporträt

Bernardi, Daniel Leonard

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Rumor Theory: Narrative Systems and Hegemonic Struggles in Contested
Populations
2. Rumor Transmediation: Critical Mash-ups and a Singaporean Prison Break
3. Rumor Mosaics: Counterinsurgency Operations in Iraq’s Triangle of Death
4. Whisper Campaigns: State-Sponsored Rumors and the Post-Mortem
(De)Construction of an Indonesian Terrorist
5. Coercion and Consent: Narrative Countermeasures in the Battle for
“Hearts and Minds”
Glossary
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index