Had the opportunity to talk with Dr. Anna Kruglova of the University of Salford on her specialist subject – how ISIS used marketing to recruit and spread their message. We also discuss how the same techniques are being used by other movements now.
Terrorist Recruitment, Propaganda and Branding: Selling Terror Online
“I will tell you a story about Jihad” : ISIS’s propaganda and narrative advertising
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