#FailedRevolutions: Using Twitter to Study the Antecedents of ISIS Support

Within a fairly short amount of time, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) has managed to put large swaths of land in Syria and Iraq under their control. To many observers, the sheer speed at which this "state" was established was dumbfounding. To better understand the roots of this...

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Autor principal: Darwish, Kareem (Autor)
Otros Autores: Weber, Ingmar ; Magdy, Walid
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
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Publicado: 2015
En:Año: 2015
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