ISIL recruiters as social media influencers: Mechanisms of legitimation by Australian Muslim men

Ben Calo; Eliza Hartley

doi:10.15664/jtr.1497

ISIL recruiters as social media influencers: Mechanisms of legitimation by Australian Muslim men

Authors

Ben Calo Monash University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6406-5511
Eliza Hartley Deakin University https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2312-9061

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15664/jtr.1497

Keywords:

ISIL, Mechanisms of Legitimation, Social Media, Identity, Australian Muslims, Critical Discourse Analysis

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to highlight the importance of ISIL recruiter influence on Australian Muslim identity through social media. McCall and Simmons’ (1978) "Mechanisms of Legitimation" (MoL) framework will be applied to fifty online ISIL-inspired exchanges and postings through five Australian Muslim case studies. Using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), the mechanisms in each case study will be analysed in order to develop better understandings of how ISIL-inspired outputs provide examples of both identity legitimation and ISIL recruiter influence.

Author Biographies

Ben Calo, Monash University

Ben Calo is a PhD Candidate at Monash University’s Global Terrorism Research Centre (GTReC), and former Intelligence Practitioner for the Victorian State Government.

Eliza Hartley, Deakin University

Eliza Hartley is a provisional psychologist and Doctoral Candidate at Deakin University’s School of Psychology.

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2019-04-24

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2019): Contemporary Voices

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