{"product_id":"watching-murder-isis-death-videos-and-radicalization-paperback","title":"Watching Murder: Isis, Death Videos and Radicalization - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSimon Cottee\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWatching Murder\u003c\/em\u003e shines a light onto the dark world of jihadi murder videos and the people who watch and share them on the internet.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eImages and videos of murder, torture and other cruelties are everywhere on the internet. Why do some people seek out and watch this material, how are they affected by it and do they have a right to watch any of it in the first place? In this ground-breaking book, terrorism scholar Simon Cottee visits the murky fringes of the internet in search of answers. Focusing on ISIS, he shows how the group transformed the urban myth of the snuff movie into a grim reality watched by tens of thousands of people across the globe. On shock-sites, he finds a contingent of ISIS fans who, while hating the group, love to watch its most monstrous depredations in high definition. He interviews his fellow extremism researchers and asks them about all the dark things they have seen online and how this has affected their mental health. He speaks with the \"cleaners\" whose job is to report and remove violent jihadi propaganda from the internet. And he surveys thousands of young adults to find out what they think of ISIS and its notorious beheading videos. Cottee exposes the hysteria around online radicalization, and shows how our engagement with violent online spectacles is much more complex and multifaceted than many would have us believe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWatching Murder\u003c\/em\u003e will appeal to anyone with an interest in violence, media, terrorism and ISIS. It will be of particular interest to students and scholars of terrorism studies, political science, culture and communication.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSimon Cottee\u003c\/strong\u003e is a senior lecturer in criminology at the University of Kent (UK), a contributing writer at \u003cem\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/em\u003e and a contributing editor at \u003cem\u003eStudies in Conflict \u0026amp; Terrorism\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eBlack Flags of the Caribbean: How Trinidad Became an ISIS Hotspot\u003c\/em\u003e (2021); \u003cem\u003eISIS and the Pornography of Violence\u003c\/em\u003e, (2019) and \u003cem\u003eThe Apostates: When Muslims Leave Islam\u003c\/em\u003e (2015).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 150\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 24, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52732682502451,"sku":"9781032245973","price":97.7,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/RmdhekllS1E3dUp6K1p3VzJTdFdrdz09.webp?v=1763902832","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/watching-murder-isis-death-videos-and-radicalization-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}