Media Coverage On ISIS

After September 11, 2001, U.S. citizens were shocked that over 2,900 people were dead because of Islamic extremists (Kean, et al. "National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States"). More deaths occurred in the Paris and San Bernardino attacks. Tensions between the U.S. and Islamic extremists have not yet subsided. Americans receive information regarding Islamic extremists through the media, from which they form opinions on what the U.S.’s foreign policy with the Middle East should be, which affects military spending. To what extent has the media’s portrayal of Islamic extremists affected U.S. military spending and relations with the Middle East?

They have mastered the art of videography and become very tech savvy on the internet and through social media. Their recruitment videos can be very subtle; many internet sites don’t realize they are promoting ISIL at first sight. The video’s that promote ISIL brutality are removed from numerous websites but manage to find their ways onto other sites. MISO has reached out through social media to encourage society not to watch ISIL videos or ads. "Every time a still or clip from an ISIS video is shown, the group gets what it wants: the oxygen of publicity," "Of course, it is necessary that people the world over are aware of the atrocities occurring at the hands of ISIS, but journalists must be careful not to do the jihadists' job for them."

Any Yazidi men found by ISIS that refuse to immediately convert to Islam are killed by being shot multiple times, burned alive, hanged, or decapitation. ISIS even forced converted Yazidis to commit these crimes. All elders are killed because they do not benefit or are any use to ISIS. They are also shot, burned, decapitated, and have been used as human shields. Anyone who attempts to escape is either tortured, beaten, or killed. The only people who attempt escape who are tortured without being killed are attractive women as young as age 8, but if they don’t learn the Quran by heart, they will be killed. Any person seen as weak or useless to ISIS is killed. In one case, one of the sex slaves had a nine month old son. She was locked in a cellar for three days without food and water, so when the ISIS fanatics returned with meat and rice for her to eat, she did not question it. After she finished the food, the ISIS fanatics revealed that the meat they have served her was her own son. Many people were forced to watch executions. Families would watch loved ones be shot, beheaded, tortured, raped to death, and other gruesome tactics used by ISIS. The polarization stage followed throughout these stages because ISIS would post videos of what they were doing to Yazidi people. The Dabiq was a online magazine made by ISIS to display what they were doing until the final issue was put

The mass media affects the spread of propaganda and just encourages group and individual terrorist acts. In a way the media is an ally to terrorists. The media use terrorists to get stories and terrorists use the media to spread fear and panic. The media legitimizes terrorism and their causes because by publicizing their acts, even if not completely true, it will be believed. People say don’t believe everything you hear and read, but once its put out there, the propaganda is already set in our heads.

Some terrorism videos are of the terrorists attacking civilians, burning down buildings, shootings or bomb explosions. (Zero Censorship, 2014-2016) These videos can be viewed from most electronic devices and are uncensored. This material inspires, disgust, and frightens people all in one. Terrorists also use digital media to find potential recruits ready to join the life of terrorism. In recruitment videos terrorists put into the minds of their viewers that what they’re doing is good, and whatever they are going against is bad. They spread their ideology and ask people work with them to get a certain point across or just the feeling of accomplishing something. People who watch these videos and feel like it’s their duty to stand up for the movement are willing to die for the cause, join. Mass media capitalizes from terrorists attacks, this kind of news draws the attention of viewers and readers. Terrorists on the other hand use the mass media coverage to send messages to people world wide, showing they’re a force to be reckoned with and taken seriously. Osama bin Laden was the first terrorists that understood the power of media. With the 9/11 attacks Osama captured the undivided attention of people everywhere. He was the first terrorist to do so. Now ISIS has the power of mass media and use it the same way, to send a message to people everywhere. Communicating

Firstly, the “war on terror” had reduced the humanitarian concerns down, and the foreign policy. Furthermore, media coverage had become more deferential and constrained: therefore, reducing the chances of media influencing policy. The “war on terror” most importantly provided journalists with a guide in which they could understand global events and policy makers with the ability to justify a more aggressive foreign policy plan. At last, the “war on terror” had constructed an ideological bond between journalist and policy makers which created stronger media management. Techniques developed to display coverage of certain issues over others to frame stories that support official

There is no denying that Muslims are treated differently now, and ISIS has seen that and has used that to their advantage. ”Some are alienated by harassment or discrimination against Muslims at home, and want to join what they see as a pro-Muslim movement. Some, according to the ISD, enjoy the shocking violence.The ISD study, which examined the social-media postings of Western women who joined ISIS, found the women "celebrate the violence of ISIS, unequivocally."” (Why girls join) In the past women were seen as the people in society that would never condone violence, but the changing role of women has also changed the way they see violence. ISIS wants to find people who celebrates another western terrorist dying, and they do not care what gender. They have found a new demographic and because of that they are increasing the amount of people willing to commit acts of terror. Females often long for the sense of family and community, and when that is taken away since they can easily go into a state of depression, especially if that is all they have, “And for some women, there are benefits to joining ISIS. Many are given free housing and food. Others find a sense of camaraderie and sisterhood" (Why girls join). IS has invaded many Middle Eastern countries and turned them into war zones and has left thousands of people dead or living in terrible conditions. ISIS promises the people that are barely living everything that they desire. This can consist of a safe home, food, water, and most importantly the feeling of community once again. ISIS has created a plan to ensure that people will join the “cause”, and everything they have done, whether it was creating social media accounts or raiding countries for all of their belongings has had an end goal of getting

In the CNN library of, “ISIS Fast Facts” CNN shares the story of ISIS the group known for killing dozens of people in the public by executions, beheading or brutal acts. Not accepting the loss of their jobs many anger without a job established al Qaeda in Iraq to wage against U.S. A. In the process to establish an Islamic caliphate, or state across the region. In school’s boys and girls are forced to separate, also enforce no justice for women.

Is terrorism over-reported in the media? Do newspapers and reporters choose to speak too much of terrorist attacks? The Editorial Board of USA Today seems to think so, arguing that news organizations feed off of our fear of terrorism, fueling our fright by dramatizing and over-covering stories of terrorist attacks. They choose to respond to President Trump’s accusation of the media undercovering terrorism by attempting to convince and inform both liberals and conservatives of the problems with media. They strengthen their argument using scholastic diction and facts, creating an overall informative and reasonable tone.

In recent years, there has been significant media coverage on Iraq partly because of the violence that is happening daily. Anti-Western terrorists groups, such as Osama bin Laden’s Al Qaeda and ISIS have originated in this country. Even though these groups are anti-Western,

Isis has been using children for bombings, they brainwash them into thinking it’s the right thing to do. They have used drones to bomb people. They have even attacked us in the U.S. like the Orlando club, and the Minnesota mall attack. There are many more facts about Isis, and they all are there for the same reason to let people know that Isis is horrible.

The experience of visiting the CNN website, with intentions of watching a similar news cast or informative programing, was extremely different than visiting the Al Jazeera website. The CNN website is cluttered and over stimulating with clusters of videos on a vast array of topics with no clear focus. Many videos were examples of yellow journalism such as the top two trending videos that consisted of a “Model’s Shocking Transformation” and a program on photo editing asking “Has this Photo Editing Gone too Far?” Both of these videos had their pictures presenting images of slim, Caucasian, women in revealing bikinis. Once refocused on finding an informative program of substantial length it came to attention that a longer program of information on something similar to that of Al Jazeera’s, such as human rights or general policy, doesn’t exist on the CNN website. All of the video clips offered on the website are short clips ranging from thirty seconds to just under ten minutes that have been taken from full length programing from CNN television. It presents the issue that the information given by CNN isn’t free

That call to action can come in many forms of media and to a global audience. “Terrorist recruitment videos, often released online, have been tailored to appeal to various audiences. A propaganda video, which can still be watched on YouTube of captured U.S. soldier, Bowe R. Bergdahl, compares what seems to be his good treatment under al-Qaeda, to those of U.S.-run prisoner of war camps” (Philipp).

With the Middle East in its constant turmoil the region has to deal with economic, social, a threats from ISIS. The population in the region is growing exponentially and the youth population is at an all-time high and the region has to handle this. Issues confront the youth in the Middle East every day. Youth anywhere in the world are extremely vulnerable to any ideals they face; this is the time in someone’s life where they figure out what they believe in and what they want in the place they live. With ISIS being a main issue within the country this group pressures the youth and it is a problem that they face. These issues range from threats involving ISIS, economic issues, religious issues, political problems, and outside news findings.

Our news media is as celebrity-obsessed as the rest of the nation. And why shouldn't it be? The articles and television news coverage of celebrities is going to sell a lot more magazines and draw in a lot more viewers than something depressing and/or hard to understand like a genocide. Let's face it, when people come home from a long, hard day at work, they want to be entertained, not forced to think of the bad things happening in the world. Plus, thanks to a sub-par educational system in the United States that "teaches to the test" and lets important subjects such as geography and social sciences fall by the wayside, many people don't even know where these places are that are experiencing humanitarian crises. They can't be expected to be interested in places of which they have never heard. This, at least, is the common perception among the media today.