Qualitative content analysis of images of children in Islamic State’s Dabiq and Rumiyah magazines
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https://doi.org/10.15664/jtr.1470Keywords:
Islamic State, children, propaganda, Dabiq, Rumiyah, social identityAbstract
The Islamic State (ISIS) is infamous for their use of social media and new technologies to recruit fighters and spread their ideology worldwide. Oftentimes, the group exploits children for their propaganda efforts. This study presents a qualitative content analysis of images of children in the ISIS propaganda magazines, Dabiq and Rumiyah. Overall, our findings indicate that the representation of children in the magazines evolves from their depiction as victims of the group’s enemies to future fighters in the group. Based on the social identity concepts theory, we argue that these images are used to generate in-group favoritism and out-group derogation.
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2019-04-24
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