Modern insurgencies have embraced traditional and social media platforms as a means to spread the... more Modern insurgencies have embraced traditional and social media platforms as a means to spread their messages, recruit followers and conduct acts of terrorism. Recent professional assessments of these groups suggest insurgencies’ approach to communications/public relations are organized, professional and strategic. This paper defines insurgencies within the context of radical activists and reviews their information environment through a media content analysis in the days surrounding the November 2015 attacks on Paris. Findings suggest that within the definition of radical activists, insurgencies engage in clearly defined strategies and tactics that have allowed them to evolve beyond powerless stakeholders warranting further study of their public relations practices to better understand how militaries can combat them in both traditional and information battlespaces.
Keywords: Insurgent, radical activists, terrorists, tactics, strategies, public relations, ISIS, ISIL, Paris, al Qaeda, insurgent media, information battlespace
Modern insurgencies have embraced traditional and social media platforms as a means to spread the... more Modern insurgencies have embraced traditional and social media platforms as a means to spread their messages, recruit followers and conduct acts of terrorism. Recent professional assessments of these groups suggest insurgencies’ approach to communications/public relations are organized, professional and strategic. This paper defines insurgencies within the context of radical activists and reviews their information environment through a media content analysis in the days surrounding the November 2015 attacks on Paris. Findings suggest that within the definition of radical activists, insurgencies engage in clearly defined strategies and tactics that have allowed them to evolve beyond powerless stakeholders warranting further study of their public relations practices to better understand how militaries can combat them in both traditional and information battlespaces. Keywords: Insurgent, radical activists, terrorists, tactics, strategies, public relations, ISIS, ISIL, Paris, al Qaeda, insurgent media, information battlespace
Modern insurgencies have embraced traditional and social media platforms as a means to spread the... more Modern insurgencies have embraced traditional and social media platforms as a means to spread their messages, recruit followers and conduct acts of terrorism. Recent professional assessments of these groups suggest insurgencies’ approach to communications/public relations are organized, professional and strategic. This paper defines insurgencies within the context of radical activists and reviews their information environment through a media content analysis in the days surrounding the November 2015 attacks on Paris. Findings suggest that within the definition of radical activists, insurgencies engage in clearly defined strategies and tactics that have allowed them to evolve beyond powerless stakeholders warranting further study of their public relations practices to better understand how militaries can combat them in both traditional and information battlespaces.
Keywords: Insurgent, radical activists, terrorists, tactics, strategies, public relations, ISIS, ISIL, Paris, al Qaeda, insurgent media, information battlespace
Modern insurgencies have embraced traditional and social media platforms as a means to spread the... more Modern insurgencies have embraced traditional and social media platforms as a means to spread their messages, recruit followers and conduct acts of terrorism. Recent professional assessments of these groups suggest insurgencies’ approach to communications/public relations are organized, professional and strategic. This paper defines insurgencies within the context of radical activists and reviews their information environment through a media content analysis in the days surrounding the November 2015 attacks on Paris. Findings suggest that within the definition of radical activists, insurgencies engage in clearly defined strategies and tactics that have allowed them to evolve beyond powerless stakeholders warranting further study of their public relations practices to better understand how militaries can combat them in both traditional and information battlespaces. Keywords: Insurgent, radical activists, terrorists, tactics, strategies, public relations, ISIS, ISIL, Paris, al Qaeda, insurgent media, information battlespace
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Keywords: Insurgent, radical activists, terrorists, tactics, strategies, public relations, ISIS, ISIL, Paris, al Qaeda, insurgent media, information battlespace
Keywords: Insurgent, radical activists, terrorists, tactics, strategies, public relations, ISIS, ISIL, Paris, al Qaeda, insurgent media, information battlespace
Keywords: Insurgent, radical activists, terrorists, tactics, strategies, public relations, ISIS, ISIL, Paris, al Qaeda, insurgent media, information battlespace
Keywords: Insurgent, radical activists, terrorists, tactics, strategies, public relations, ISIS, ISIL, Paris, al Qaeda, insurgent media, information battlespace