Book contents
- Weaponized Words
- Weaponized Words
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Battlefield
- Part II The Weapons
- 3 Extremist Narratives and Counter-Narratives
- 4 Vaccinating against the Enemy: Attitudinal Inoculation, Radicalization, and Counter-Radicalization
- 5 The Reasoned Action of Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization
- 6 Terrorism is Theater: Emotion in Extremist Propaganda and Counter-Propaganda
- Part III The War
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - Terrorism is Theater: Emotion in Extremist Propaganda and Counter-Propaganda
from Part II - The Weapons
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 March 2020
- Weaponized Words
- Weaponized Words
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I The Battlefield
- Part II The Weapons
- 3 Extremist Narratives and Counter-Narratives
- 4 Vaccinating against the Enemy: Attitudinal Inoculation, Radicalization, and Counter-Radicalization
- 5 The Reasoned Action of Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization
- 6 Terrorism is Theater: Emotion in Extremist Propaganda and Counter-Propaganda
- Part III The War
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
A young voice begins to sing as the black screen fades to show an inquisitive child walking through a ruined city. The singing continues as the child – no older than 12 – paces between destroyed buildings. Images appear in the rubble. An injured baby crying uncontrollably. Muslim men pulling a critically injured infant from beneath the remains of a large, stone structure. Destruction. Chaos.
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- Weaponized WordsThe Strategic Role of Persuasion in Violent Radicalization and Counter-Radicalization, pp. 163 - 206Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020