Discussing the Islamic State on Twitter

This book explores how ordinary Arab-speaking social media users have reacted to propaganda from the Islamic State, rather than how IS propaganda has targeted ordinary users, thus providing a change in perspective in the literature. The authors provide a comprehensive account of the evolution of the...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Colombo, Matteo, Curini, Luigi (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:Middle East Today
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: The research methodology
  • Chapter 3: Detecting the Sentiment towards IS and its evolution
  • Chapter 4: A thematic study of the topics in the pro-IS and anti-IS tweets
  • Chapter 5: The enemy of my enemy? Hostility and sectarian discourse between pro-IS and anti-IS Arabic-speaking Twitter users
  • Chapter 6: Conclusion