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Online as the New Frontline: Affect, Gender, and ISIS-Take-Down on Social Media

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Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Volume: 41, Issue: 11, Pages: 850 - 874

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/1057610x.2017.1352280

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Using a dataset of more than 80 accounts during 2015, this article explores the gendered ways in which self-proclaiming Twitter Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) supporters construct community around “suspension.” The article argues that suspension is an integral event in the online lives of IS...

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ISSN: 1057-610X 1521-0731
Published: Informa UK Limited 2017
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