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03605aam a2200325Ii 4500 001 3B8BC0E6072811ED93C2E7E557ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20220719010102 008 211122t20222022sz b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 3030932818 020 $a 9783030932817 035 $a (OCoLC)1285919371 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d YDX $d CDX $d OCLCF $d IaU $d SILO 043 $a a-sy--- 050 4 $a DS98.6 $b .C64 2022 082 04 $a 956.9104/23 $2 23/eng/20220505 100 1 $a Cole, Benjamin, $d 1967- $e author. 245 14 $a The Syrian information and propaganda war : $b the role of cognitive bias / $c Ben Cole. 264 1 $a Cham, Switzerland : $b Palgrave Macmillan, $c [2022] 300 $a xvi, 414 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a This book focuses on the propaganda war between the Syrian government and the opposition movement, which excludes the Islamic State and the Kurdish-led SDF. Drawing on international relations, psychology, and media studies, the book encourages readers to question the dominant discourse on the war. The core of the book outlines the propaganda battles over the main paradigms and narratives that framed the war, exploring the shortcomings of those paradigms and narratives, identifying who won the propaganda war and why, and assessing what impact it had on the military side of the war. In particular, it focuses on the role of cognitive bias amongst primary and secondary sources in determining the outcome of the propaganda war, and whether the influence of this propaganda is best explained by effects or limited effects theory. Through explaining the dynamics of the propaganda war, the book encourages readers to critically question the dominant discourse on the war, assists them in understanding primary and secondary reporting on the war, and shows that the impact of the propaganda war is best understood in terms of limited effects theory. The book's main findings are that: 1) the opposition won the international propaganda war but failed to win the propaganda war inside Syria; 2) propaganda had relatively little effect on shaping attitudes either inside Syria or internationally (instead, its main effect was to reinforce attitudes that had already been shaped by other factors); and 3) the reality of the war lies between the conflicting paradigms and narratives being promoted by each side. Ben Cole is Honorary Lecturer at the School of Psychology, University of Liverpool, UK. He currently specializes in the process by which individuals become radicalized into violent extremism; terrorist decision making with regard to CBRN weapons; real-time monitoring and analysis of conflicts and terrorist movements using online media; and the war in Syria. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Chapter 1. Propaganda, Power and Bias -- Chapter 2. The Pre-uprising Propaganda War -- Chapter 3. Establishing The Dominant Discourse -- Chapter 4. Assad is Sectarian -- Chapter 5. Assad Is Killing His Own People -- Chapter 6. Assad Is Using Chemical Weapons -- Chapter 7. Assad Protector Of The Nation -- Chapter 8. Syria Is Secular -- Chapter 9. The Rebels Are Extremists -- Chapter 10. Business As Usual -- Chapter 11. Limited Effects -- Chapter 12. Conclusion - Decoding The Propaganda War. 648 7 $a Since 2011 $2 fast 651 0 $a Syria $x Propaganda. $y Civil War, 2011- $x Propaganda. 651 7 $a Syria. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01208757 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117032328.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3B8BC0E6072811ED93C2E7E557ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search