Persuasion and Propaganda in War and Terrorism

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Author(s): Thomas Steinfatt (University of Miami, USA)and Dana Janbek (Lasell College, USA)
Copyright: 2016
Pages: 23
Source title: Combating Violent Extremism and Radicalization in the Digital Era
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Majeed Khader (Home Team Behavioural Sciences Centre, Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore), Loo Seng Neo (Home Team Behavioural Sciences Centre, Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore), Gabriel Ong (Home Team Behavioural Sciences Centre, Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore), Eunice Tan Mingyi (Home Team Behavioural Sciences Centre, Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore)and Jeffery Chin (Home Team Behavioural Sciences Centre, Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0156-5.ch002

Keywords: Ethics & Law / Information Science Reference / Security & Forensics / Sociology

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This chapter focuses on the use of propaganda during times of war, prejudice, and political unrest. Part one distinguishes between persuasion and one of its forms, propaganda. The meaning-in-use of the term ‘propaganda' is essential to understanding its use over time. Part two presents relevant examples of propaganda from the past several centuries in the United States and Europe. These examples include episodes from World War I and II, among others. Propaganda is not a new tool of persuasion, and learning about its use in the past provides a comparison that helps in understanding its use in the present and future. Part three looks at recent examples of how propaganda occurs in actual use in online terrorist mediums by Al-Qaeda and by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS).

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