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ISIL recruiters as social media influencers: Mechanisms of legitimation by Australian Muslim men

Author(s) -

Ben Caló,

Eliza Hartley

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

contemporary voices st andrews journal of international relations

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2516-3159

DOI - 10.15664/jtr.1497

Subject(s) - legitimation , influencer marketing , identity (music) , social media , sociology , political science , critical discourse analysis , order (exchange) , media studies , public relations , law , business , art , finance , marketing , politics , relationship marketing , marketing management , aesthetics , ideology

The aim of this paper is to highlight the importance of ISIL recruiter influence on Australian Muslim identity through social media. McCall and Simmons’ (1978) "Mechanisms of Legitimation" (MoL) framework will be applied to fifty online ISIL-inspired exchanges and postings through five Australian Muslim case studies. Using Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA), the mechanisms in each case study will be analysed in order to develop better understandings of how ISIL-inspired outputs provide examples of both identity legitimation and ISIL recruiter influence.

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