TERÖRİZM PROPAGANDASI BAĞLAMINDA IŞİD'İN İNTERNET VE YENİ MEDYA KULLANIMI

Year 2022, Issue: 6, 97 - 125, 31.12.2022

Mustafa Özveren

Abstract

Politik hedeflere korku ve sindirme yoluyla ulaşmayı amaçlayan ve şiddet eylemlerini içeren terörizm, propaganda kullanımını küreselleşmenin yarattığı fırsatlarla birlikte gerçekleştirmektedir. Bu çalışma, terörizm propagandasında küreselleşmenin bir ürünü olan internet ve yeni medyanın nasıl kullanıldığına odaklanmaktadır. Bu araştırmada incelenmek üzere seçilen vaka ise, hedefleriyle teknolojiyi uyumlu bir şekilde kullanan ve bunun için önemli bir bütçe ayıran terör örgütü Irak ve Şam İslam Devleti (IŞİD)’nin propaganda kullanımıdır. Çalışma, IŞİD’in internet ve yeni medya üzerindeki propagandasına ait amaçların, kullandığı araçların, temaların, hedef kitlelerinin ve tekniklerinin nasıl ortaya konulduğunu incelemektedir. Çalışma, internet ve yeni medya platformlarının terörizmle ilişkisine odaklanması bakımından çağdaş terörizm/propagandasını ele alıp değerlendirmiştir. Araştırmada terörizm propagandasının genel olarak kullandığı bileşenler ile IŞİD’in kullandığı bileşenlerin karşılaştırması yapılıp örtüşen noktalar açıklanıp analiz edilmiştir. Kalitatif yöntemle analitik bir genellemeyi amaçlayan bu çalışma, küreselleşmenin, terörizme sağladığı nedensel değil, araçsal fırsatlara odaklanmaktadır. Ancak çalışmada, terörist grupların bazı mobil uygulamalar ve internet üzerinde dolaşan oyunlar aracılığıyla yürüttükleri propaganda faaliyetleri kapsam dışı bırakılmıştır.

Keywords

Terörizm, Propaganda, IŞİD, İnternet, Küreselleşme

Thanks

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ISIS’ Use of the Internet and New Media in the Context of Terrorism Propaganda

Abstract

Terrorism aims to achieve political goals through fear and intimidation and includes acts of violence, embodies the use of propaganda with the opportunities created by the development of globalization. This study focuses on the use of the internet and new media, as the products of globalization, in the context of terrorism propaganda. The case chosen to be analyzed in the study is the propaganda use of the terrorist organization Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIS), which uses technology in harmony with its goals and allocates a significant budget for it. In that respect, the study aspires to reveal the goals, tools, themes, target audiences and techniques of ISIS's propaganda on the internet and new media. In the study, the components used by terrorism propaganda generally were compared with the components used and implemented by ISIS and then the overlapping points were analyzed. This study, aims to pursue an analytical generalization with a qualitative method, focuses on the instrumental rather than causal opportunities that globalization is assumed to provide for terrorism. However, propaganda activities carried out by terrorist groups through some mobile applications and games circulating on the internet were excluded in the study.

Keywords

Terrorism, Propaganda, ISIS, Internet, Globalization

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