Communication Research

How ISIS Employs Three Generations of Web

Document Type : Social Network

Authors

Saeideh Moradifar 1
Ali Omidi 2

1 International Relations

2 Associate Prof. in International Relations, Isfahan Uni.

https://doi.org/10.22082/cr.2019.98164.1734
Abstract
Internet as the most important communication tool in this era is not monopolized by governments and international institutions. Easy access to this technology has made it available to individuals and groups, including terrorist groups. ISIS can be considered as an organized terrorist group that has not only proceeded Web1 to advance its goals, but has also sought to use the social and semantic dimensions of Web2 and Web3 in cyberspace. So, this article is to respond to this important question: How did ISIS use the three generations of Web (Web 1, Web 2, Web 3) to advance its goals? It should be noted that the advancement of communication technologies has led terrorism to abandon the traditional ways of communicating and enter the flexible discursive domains of the three generations of Web. By using these three generations of Web, ISIS has been able to succeed in communicating with supporters and attracting young people's attention to recruiting around the world, besides ideological, propaganda and financial support activities. of course, it has been destroyed in terms of territorial domination (in October 2017), but undoubtedly, continues to use all kinds of Web in the digital world. The purpose of this article was to explain how ISIS recognized the communication technologies for its political purposes.

Keywords

Terrorism
Web 1
Web 2
Web 3
ISIS
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  • Receive Date 23 August 2018
  • Revise Date 05 October 2018
  • Accept Date 26 November 2018

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