External Communication in Social Media During Asymmetric Conflicts

Download or read book External Communication in Social Media During Asymmetric Conflicts written by Bernd Hirschberger and published by transcript Verlag. This book was released on 2021-07-31 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social media increasingly shapes the way in which we perceive conflicts and conflict parties abroad. Conflict parties, therefore, have started using social media strategically to influence public opinion abroad. This book explores the phenomenon by examining, (1) which strategies of external communication conflict parties use during asymmetric conflicts and (2) what shapes the selection of these communication strategies. In a comprehensive case study of the conflict in Israel and Palestine, Bernd Hirschberger shows that the selection of strategies of external communication is shaped by the (asymmetric) conflict structure.