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Publication details [#64881]

Vergani, Matteo and Ana-Maria Bliuc. 2018. The Language of New Terrorism: Differences in Psychological Dimensions of Communication in Dabiq and Inspire. Journal of Language and Social Psychology 37 (5) : 523–540.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

communication | conflict | language use | propaganda | social psychology

Language as a subject

English

Place, Publisher

SAGE Publications

Journal WWW

www.sagepub.co.uk/ejournals/

Annotation

This study explores dissimilarities in the psychological aspects underpinning Western mobilisation of two terrorist groups, Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and al-Qaeda, by assaying their English-language propaganda in their English-language online magazines Dabiq and Inspire. It found important dissimilarities in their language: the ISIS’ language being higher in authoritarianism and religiousness level.