The Syrian information and propaganda war : the role of cognitive bias / Ben Cole.
2022
DS98.6
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Title
The Syrian information and propaganda war : the role of cognitive bias / Ben Cole.
ISBN
9783030932824 (electronic bk.)
3030932826 (electronic bk.)
9783030932817
3030932818
3030932826 (electronic bk.)
9783030932817
3030932818
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 414 pages)
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-030-93282-4 doi
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DS98.6
Dewey Decimal Classification
956.9104/23
Summary
"This book focuses on the propaganda war between the Syrian government and the opposition movement, which excludes the Islamic State and the Kurdish-led SDF. Drawing on international relations, psychology, and media studies, the book encourages readers to question the dominant discourse on the war. The core of the book outlines the propaganda battles over the main paradigms and narratives that framed the war, exploring the shortcomings of those paradigms and narratives, identifying who won the propaganda war and why, and assessing what impact it had on the military side of the war. In particular, it focuses on the role of cognitive bias amongst primary and secondary sources in determining the outcome of the propaganda war, and whether the influence of this propaganda is best explained by effects or limited effects theory. Through explaining the dynamics of the propaganda war, the book encourages readers to critically question the dominant discourse on the war, assists them in understanding primary and secondary reporting on the war, and shows that the impact of the propaganda war is best understood in terms of limited effects theory. The book's main findings are that: 1) the opposition won the international propaganda war but failed to win the propaganda war inside Syria; 2) propaganda had relatively little effect on shaping attitudes either inside Syria or internationally (instead, its main effect was to reinforce attitudes that had already been shaped by other factors); and 3) the reality of the war lies between the conflicting paradigms and narratives being promoted by each side. Ben Cole is Honorary Lecturer at the School of Psychology, University of Liverpool, UK. He currently specializes in the process by which individuals become radicalized into violent extremism; terrorist decision making with regard to CBRN weapons; real-time monitoring and analysis of conflicts and terrorist movements using online media; and the war in Syria."-- Provided by publisher.
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Table of Contents
Propaganda, power and bias
The pre-uprising propaganda war
Establishing the dominant discourse
Assad is sectarian
Assad is killing his own people
Assad is using chemical weapons
Assad protector of the nation
Syria is secular
The rebels are extremists
Business as usual
Limited effects
Conclusion - Decoding the propaganda war.
The pre-uprising propaganda war
Establishing the dominant discourse
Assad is sectarian
Assad is killing his own people
Assad is using chemical weapons
Assad protector of the nation
Syria is secular
The rebels are extremists
Business as usual
Limited effects
Conclusion - Decoding the propaganda war.