Velvet Gloves on Iron Fists: Media, Governance, and Power in Modern Extremism

• In Event: JSS 5
  In JSS Session: Insurgents in their own Words

Brief Overview

How do extremists use media to gain local support and deter resistance? This paper illustrates how extremists invest in governance media differentially over time and places under their control in order to gain and maintain support and acquiescence.

Author

• Gregoire Phillips, UCSD