Daesh, Twitter and the social media ecosystem: a study of outlinks contained in tweets mentioning Rumiyah

Macdonald, Stuart, Grinnell, Daniel, Kinzel, Anina and Lorenzo-Dus, Nuria 2019. Daesh, Twitter and the social media ecosystem: a study of outlinks contained in tweets mentioning Rumiyah. RUSI Journal 164 (4) , pp. 60-72. 10.1080/03071847.2019.1644775

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Abstract

The presence of Daesh (also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, ISIS) on Twitter has greatly diminished over the past five years as Daesh’s propaganda dissemination strategy has evolved. Yet some Daesh supporters have persevered in their use of Twitter, using throwaway accounts to share outlinks to pro-Daesh materials on other platforms. Stuart Macdonald, Daniel Grinnell, Anina Kinzel and Nuria Lorenzo-Dus analyse 892 outlinks found in 11,520 tweets that contained the word Rumiyah (Daesh’s online magazine). They evaluate Twitter’s response to attempts to use its platform to signpost users to Rumiyah in the context of the wider social media ecosystem and highlight the role played by botnet activity in efforts to disseminate the magazine and the impact of traditional news media coverage.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) Crime and Security Research Institute (CSURI)
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	0307-1847
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	19 November 2019
Date of Acceptance:	25 July 2019
Last Modified:	06 Nov 2023 22:31
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/126962

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