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ISIS Propaganda: Content Analysis
Qualitative and content analysis studies of ISIS propaganda found that over half of its content focuses on curating the image of ISIS as a utopian society where food is provided, money is no object, medical expenses are taken care of, educational opportunities abound, and the strength and unity of an undying brotherhood ties together its members.
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Examples and Explications
Disrupting the Online Space
Inundating Twitter and Youtube with content the Islamic State churns out propaganda like a well-oiled machine - an estimated 38.2 unique propaganda materials produced each day.
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Twitter was incredibly useful for ISIS both as a tool to disseminate propagandized information and also as a mode of interacting and connecting with potential recruits. A March 2015 study from the Brookings Institution estimated that from September through December 2014, ISIS supporters used at least 46,000 Twitter accounts, though not all of them were active at the same time.
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