Islamic State Recruiting in the West: How Dabiq Frames Recruitment Messages to Appeal to Westerners

Abstract

This thesis investigates Dabiq magazines messaging strategy to recruit foreign fighters from Western nations to fight in Islamic State (IS)controlled areas. Dabiq magazine uses three main messages to appeal to Westerners: 1) loss aversion stresses that Muslims worldwide need to travel to IS-controlled areas to fight, or they risk losing Islam as a religion, culture, and identity; 2) selective incentives stress that potential recruits can gain tangible and intangible rewards in an effort to increase participation; and 3) sense of duty stresses that every Muslim is obligated to aid other suffering Muslims.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2018
Accession Number
AD1052514

Entities

People

  • Tyrone B Burke

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • California
  • Counterterrorism
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Propaganda
  • Psychology
  • Social Media
  • Social Psychology
  • Societies
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States
  • Violence

Readers

  • Political Violence and Terrorism Studies.