RT Article
T1 “One of the two good outcomes”: turning defeats into victories in the islamic state’s flagship magazine rumiyah
JF Terrorism and political violence
VO 32
IS 8
SP 1712
OP 1730
A1 Lakomy, Miron
LA English
YR 2020
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1831326140
AB This paper attempts to understand the most evident propaganda methods and leading themes exploited in the recent issues of the Islamic State’s flagship Anglophone magazine Rumiyah to downplay its increasingly visible crisis. It argues that there are several leading methods of damage control utilized by Daesh. To begin with, a noticeable effort has been made to recover the “winner’s image” of the Islamic State with the use of card-stacking propaganda devices. This has been combined with the widespread promotion of martyrdom as an end-goal for all mujahidin, which is symbolized by the slogan: “one of the two good outcomes.” Finally, the crisis of the group has also been downplayed by a plethora of religion-related manipulation techniques and name-calling propaganda devices, utilized predominantly to exploit sectarian tensions.
NO Gesehen am 18.01.2023
NO Published online: 15 Aug 2018
K1 Cyber jihad
K1 digital jihad
K1 Islamic State
K1 Propaganda
K1 Terrorism
DO 10.1080/09546553.2018.1506335