The SIPA Progressive Security Working Group and the Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies Presents:
" The Terrorist Argument: Modern Advocacy & Propaganda"
With Dr. Chris Harmon
Moderated by Stuart Gottlieb, Adjunct Professor of International Affairs and Public Policy, SIPA, and member, Arnold A. Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies
Terrorist groups use a fantastic variety of means to seize attention, explain themselves, and seek recruits and support: song and speech, “guerrilla theater,” leaflets, radio, cable TV, newspapers, print ads, books, videos, web sites, e-zines, and of course social media.
In a highly original merging of media studies & terrorism studies, Christopher C. Harmon and co-author Randall G. Bowdish pair a medium of strategic communication with a named terrorist group. Examined in successive chapters are propaganda works of nationalists such as the Algerians and Irish; Maoists; secular Iranian dissidents; and other groups such as the potent Islamist organizations Hezbollah, Al Qaeda, and ISIS.
"The Terrorist Argument: Modern Advocacy and Propaganda," is a 2018 release from Brookings Institution Press. Themes and highlights will be presented in an illustrated lecture and Q & A session by the lead author, Dr. Harmon.
