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Weapons of Mass Persuasion: Communicating Against Terrorist Ideology
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By Steven R. Corman
This paper presents a communication perspective on strategies for resisting Salafist extremist ideologies such as those advocated by al-Qaida and related groups. The author examines three essential components of the process that spreads extremist ideology to the potential audience - message, agent and system - and outlines steps that the West could take against the extremists in all three areas.