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Džihád
Author: Anna Erelie
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Džihád examines online recruitment through a journalist's investigative experiment under a false identity. Anna Erelle describes how digital contact developed into manipulation and threats, giving her inquiry a personally dangerous dimension.
A French journalist writing as Anna Erelle created a fictional online identity to investigate how young Europeans were recruited into the Islamic State organization. The experiment quickly became a dangerous investigation marked by manipulation and threats.
Book information
- Author
- Anna Erelie
- Publisher
- Albatros Media a.s.
- Imprint
- Cpress
- Formát
- E-book
- Language
- Czech
- Genre
- investigatívna reportáž, literatúra faktu, online radikalizácia, extrémizmus
- ISBN
- 978-80-264-1283-0
- Publication date
- 1. January 2016
- Pages
- 192
- E-book formats
- EPUB (ISBN 978-80-264-1316-5) · PDF (ISBN 978-80-264-1315-8) · MOBI (ISBN 978-80-264-1317-2)
What is Džihád about?
Using the fictional online identity of a young woman, the author contacts a man known as Bilel, who operates in the Islamic State environment in Syria. Through social media and online conversations, she observes how recruiters try to establish emotional bonds, persuade potential female recruits to travel to Syria, and isolate them from their previous lives. The book combines investigative reportage with personal testimony about the mechanisms of online radicalization and manipulation.
Themes and motifs
Online radicalization
The book examines how extremist recruiters use the internet and social media.
Manipulation
The author describes psychological techniques, emotional pressure, and threats used during recruitment.
Investigative journalism
The book centers on an undercover journalistic investigation conducted through a fictional identity.
Propaganda
The text explores the role of digital propaganda in attracting sympathizers and recruits.
Setting
The online world of social media connecting France with the Syrian conflict during the rise of the Islamic State organization.
Main characters
Anna Erelle
The pseudonym of a French journalist who conducted an undercover investigation into Islamic State recruitment mechanisms.
Mélodie
The fictional online identity the journalist uses to communicate with a recruiter.
Bilel
A man connected to the Islamic State environment who communicates with the fictional Mélodie and tries to persuade her to leave for Syria.
Who is this book for?
For readers of investigative nonfiction and reportage on extremism, online radicalization, propaganda, and contemporary security issues.
Book context
Džihád is the Czech edition of the French investigative book Dans la peau d'une djihadiste. The French original was published by Robert Laffont in 2015. Anna Erelle is a pseudonym used to protect the reporter's identity. The text reports on her undercover entry into Islamic State's online recruitment environment.
Otázky o knihe
What is Džihád about?
It is an investigative account of a French journalist who used a fictional online identity to examine the Islamic State organization's online recruitment mechanisms.
Who is Anna Erelle?
Anna Erelle is the pseudonym of a French journalist who does not disclose her real identity for security reasons.
What is the book's original title?
The original French title is Dans la peau d'une djihadiste.
Is the story based on real events?
Yes. The book is presented as the author's investigative testimony about her undercover online inquiry.
Who is Mélodie?
Mélodie is the fictional online identity the journalist used during the investigation.
What subjects does the book address?
Primarily online propaganda, recruitment, psychological manipulation, and radicalization through social media.
When was the original book published?
The French edition was published in 2015.
How many pages does this Czech edition have?
SOURCE_FACT lists 192 pages.
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