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Author/Creator:Ullah, Haroon K., author.
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Title:Digital world war : Islamists, extremists, and the fight for cyber supremacy / Haroon K. Ullah.
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ISBN:9780300231106
0300231105
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Publication:New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017]
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Physical Description:xl, 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
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Summary:"Haroon Ullah investigates the unprecedented impact of social media across the Middle East, North Africa, and South and Southeast Asia and demonstrates how it has profoundly changed relationships between regimes and peoples, and within populations-mostly, but not always, for the better. He considers its apparent inherently "democratic," anti-establishment revolutionary impact, as well as how religious conservatives and extremists have co-opted various platforms. He goes on to show how political parties, corporations, and governments have learned to exploit digital tools to target and mobilize audiences, to ultimately achieve power and status. Identifying key trends across the Muslim world, Ullah outlines what a proper understanding of social media can teach us about regional and international politics and diplomacy."
- Format:Book
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BibliographyIncludes bibliographical references (pages 254-273) and index.
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Contents:The weaponization of information -- Just watch me -- Guerrilla webfare -- Tracking transformation -- Civic booty, private gain -- Faith, dough, and charity -- Islamists without borders -- Conclusion: the next battlefield.
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Subjects:Social media--Political aspects--Islamic countries.
Internet--Political aspects--Islamic countries.
Political participation--Islamic countries.
Subversive activities--Islamic countries.
HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Middle Eastern.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies.
Islamic countries--Politics and government.
Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/13550724