RT Article
T1 The medium is terrorism: transformation of the about to die trope in Dabiq
JF Terrorism and political violence
VO 31
IS 2
SP 224
OP 243
A1 Winkler, Carol 1959-
A2 Damanhūrī, Karim ad-
A2 Dicker, Aaron
A2 Lemieux, Anthony
LA English
YR 2019
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1870229665
AB Daesh’s ability to successfully recruit foreign fighters from more than one hundred countries worldwide raises the importance of understanding the group’s strategic media campaign. Recognizing that visual images, in particular, often increase viewers’ attention, recall, and emotional response, this study of Daesh’s official magazine, Dabiq, moves beyond earlier studies primarily focused on the magazine’s textual content to analyze the group’s visual communication strategy. This study’s content analysis of the 1,144 images appearing in the magazine’s first twelve issues reveals how Dabiq has relied extensively on a historic American media trope, the about to die image, to bolster image recirculation over time. This essay examines both the form and content of Dabiq’s use of three about to die image types as they have evolved across the twelve issues. Rather than seek to win the “hearts and minds” of the Muslim public, Dabiq’s use of about to die images transforms the online medium into terrorism in ways that have lasting implications for the global culture.
NO Gesehen am 14.11.2023
NO Published online: 18 Aug 2016
K1 About to die
K1 Content Analysis
K1 Dabiq
K1 Daesh
K1 Images
K1 impending death
K1 Isis
K1 Islamic State
K1 Terrorism
DO 10.1080/09546553.2016.1211526