Terrorism and Social Media: How ISIS is Fueled by Facebook and Twitter, and How to Stop it.

By Jacob Leih

This book will give you a comprehensive and easily digestible introduction to the most difficult aspect of modern day terrorism: social media. The strongest weapons of terror groups are no longer guns or bombs, but media and news outlets. This is a new problem, and classic counter-terrorism strategies are outdated and reactive to the progressive strategies of terrorist organizations. In order to effectively counter the threat of terrorism, the U.S. must be proactive in its counter-terrorism operations. The U.S. must develop new and innovative techniques to attack ISIS in cyberspace, and reduce its ideological allure, in addition to current military efforts on the ground. However, because the U.S. military is not primarily designed to engage in information warfare alone, new perspectives from the field of communication studies may be helpful in augmenting existing military strategies. Without defeating terrorist groups ideologically on social media, their extremist views and calls to action will outlast even the most capable armed forces.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1521906165
• ISBN13: 9781521906163
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 124 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.3" x 6.0"