Kurt Braddock

Weaponized Words (eBook, PDF)

The Strategic Role of Persuasion in Violent Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Strengthen your understanding of the persuasive mechanisms used by terrorist groups and how they are effective in order to defeat them. Weaponized Words applies existing theories of persuasion to domains unique to this digital era, such as social media, YouTube, websites, and message boards to name but a few. Terrorists deploy a range of communication methods and harness reliable communication theories to create strategic messages that persuade peaceful individuals to join their groups and engage in violence. While explaining how they accomplish this, the book lays out a blueprint for developing counter-messages perfectly designed to conquer such violent extremism and terrorism. Using this basis in persuasion theory, a socio-scientific approach is generated to fight terrorist propaganda and the damage it causes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. April 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781108614245
• Artikelnr.: 66178676

Autorenporträt

Kurt Braddock is Assistant Teaching Professor in the Department of Communication Arts and Sciences at the Pennsylvania State University. He researches the persuasive effects of terrorist propaganda and how that propaganda can be challenged. He has also advised multiple governments, non-governmental organizations, and practitioners on effective counter-messaging strategies.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction; Part I. The Battlefield: Foundations of Persuasion,
Radicalization, Violent Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization: 1. Words
are loaded pistols: radicalization and persuasion; 2. The riddle of the
Sphinx: lessons from past and current counter-radicalization efforts; Part
II. The Weapons: Theories of Persuasion and their Application to
Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization Processes: 3. Extremist
narratives and counter-narratives; 4. Vaccinating against the enemy:
attitudinal inoculation, radicalization, and counter-radicalization; 5. The
reasoned action of radicalization and counter-radicalization; 6. Terrorism
is theater: emotion in extremist propaganda and counter-propaganda; Part
III. The War: Future Challenges and Ways Forward in the Battle over
Strategic Influence: 7. The coming persuasion wars: three future challenges
in radicalization and counter-radicalization; 8. Fighting back: three
future directions for persuasion-based approaches to
counter-radicalization.