Language use in the Jihadist magazines inspire and Azan

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• 作者：David B Skillicorn (1)
  Edna F Reid (2)
  
  1. Queen鈥檚 University ; Kingston ; Canada
  2. James Madison University ; Harrisonburg ; USA
  
• 关键词：Language model ; Jihadist language ; Integrative complexity ; Gamification ; Deception ; Propaganda ; Corpus analytics
• 刊名：Security Informatics
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：December 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：3
• 期：1
• 全文大小：893 KB
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• 刊物主题：Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery; Information Systems and Communication Service;
• 出版者：Springer Berlin Heidelberg
• ISSN：2190-8532

文摘

The language of influence or propaganda has been studied for a century but its predictions (simplification, deceptiveness, manipulation) can now be examined empirically using corpus analytics. Semantic models for intensity of belief and use of gamification as a strategy allow novel aspects of influence to be taken into account as well. We develop a semi-automated approach to assess the quality of the language of influence using semantic models, and singular value decomposition as a middle ground between high-level abstract analysis and simple word counting. We then apply this approach in a significant intelligence application: examining the use of the language of influence in the jihadist magazines Inspire and Azan. These magazines have attracted attention from intelligence organizations because of their avowed goal of motivating lone-wolf attacks in Western countries. Our approach enables us to address questions like: How good are the authors and editors of these magazines at producing influential language (and so how great is the impact of these magazines likely to be)? How does this change with time, and as a reaction to world events, and what does this tell us about competence and strategic goals? What is the impact of changes in authorship?