External Communication in Social Media During Asymmetric Conflicts A Theoretical Model and Empirical Case Study of the Conflict in Israel and Palestine Bernd Hirschberger

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Hirschberger, Bernd Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Deutschland, Author.

Contributor:

Transcript (Firm), Funder.

Open Library 2021 (Politik), Funder.

Series:

Edition Politik 108

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social Media; Asymmetric Conflicts; Public Diplomacy; Israel and Palestine; Underdog Effect; Strategic Communication Shaming; Branding; Blaming and Credit Claiming; Contextual Strategic Constructivism; Politics; Language; Media; Conflict Studies; Political Science;.

Local Subjects:

Social Media; Asymmetric Conflicts; Public Diplomacy; Israel and Palestine; Underdog Effect; Strategic Communication Shaming; Branding; Blaming and Credit Claiming; Contextual Strategic Constructivism; Politics; Language; Media; Conflict Studies; Political Science;.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (312 p.) 46 SW-Abbildungen

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld transcript Verlag 2021

Bielefeld transcript Verlag, [2021]

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Bernd Hirschberger works as a human rights advisor for the German Commission for Justice and Peace. Before starting a career as practitioner, he graduated with a PhD degree from the University of Munich, examining external communication during asymmetric conflict in social media.

Summary:

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.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

1. Introduction

2. Conceptualization

3. Theory - Explaining the selection of strategies of external communication

4. Case selection, research design & methodology

Empirics I - Identifying strategies of external communication in the conflict in Israel and Palestine

5. Empirics I - Identifying strategies of external communication in the conflict in Israel and Palestine

Empirics II - The impact of the operational environment on the selection of the strategy of external communication in the conflict in Israel and Palestine

6. Empirics II - Interests

7. Empirics II - Opportunities

8. Empirics II - Crisis communication and alternative explanations

9. Conclusions

10. Literature and sources

Notes:

Doctoral Thesis Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München 2020

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ISBN:

3-8394-5509-X

OCLC:

1264710107

Publisher Number:

9783839455098