Politea : Jurnal Pemikiran Politik Islam
Vol 1, No 2 (2018): POLITEA

Konstruksi Identitas ISIS Melalui Digital Media “Youtube” di Indonesia




Article Info

Publish Date
01 Dec 2018

Abstract

The Post-Cold War turning to globalizations era, evokes a variety of issues, particularly, identity and religion. Some scholars had stated strongly the relations between religion and identity. Some, not all, religious actors demonstrate terrorism trait and performed symbol which was identically close with Islam. One of the phenomenon of Islamist terrorism was Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). ISIS was known as terrorist bringing Islamic doctrine that has mission to jihad (holy struggle). Islam was not different with other religions, it promote peace and harmony in the world. On the contrary, ISIS spread fear and intimidation. ISIS not only did terror in Iraq, Syria, or the Middle East countries but also in other countries such as countries in Europe, Asia, and America.  This article attempted to answer how ISIS construct their transnational identity through digital media, Youtube. The method was using qualitative approach and data collection technique was literature study. The result of this paper described a process of building up ISIS identity cross national border and explained how could ISIS convince and recruit member beyond the state in case their movement in digital media, Youtube. Key words: Identitas, ISIS, Youtube 

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politea

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Religion Humanities Social Sciences

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Politea : Jurnal Pemikiran Politik Islam is peer-reviewed and open access journal published by Department of Islamic Political Thought, Faculty of Da’wah and Islamic Communication, Sunan Kudus Islamic State University. Politea is registered with E-ISSN: 2657-1560 and P-ISSN: 2621- 0312. Every ...