What is it about?
Analysis of how social media is used to enhance the global impact of cultural heritage destruction, with the Islamic State/Da'esh as the particular case study. Available at: https://flinders.academia.edu/ClaireSmith
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Why is it important?
Identifies the emerges of a new form of terrorism, socially mediated terrorism, in which social media is actively incorporated into terrorism strategies.
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I don't think other people have thought about the Islamic State/Da'esh's activities from this point of view. I think we have captured something that is emerging.
Claire Smith
Flinders University
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This page is a summary of: The Islamic State’s symbolic war: Da'esh's socially mediated terrorism as a threat to cultural heritage, Journal of Social Archaeology, December 2015, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.1177/1469605315617048.
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