CIAO DATE: 11/2010
October 2010
Danish Institute for International Studies
Almost every week al-Qaida and Osama Bin Ladin succeeds in having messages placed in the global media networks. Usually the messages are framed as political commentaries to current events like the floods in Pakistan or the Danish Cartoon affair. What is the world view of al-Qaida, what is the historical and ideological background, how are the messages framed to match the audience all over the world, and what communication strategy is behind the success of the extensive media coverage? DIIS researcher Lars Erslev Andersen address these questions in a new DIIS Report.
Resource link: Victim and rebel: Al-Qaida's salafist rhetoric and the pitfalls of anti-terrorism [PDF] - 197K