Who uses Internet propaganda in civil wars and why?
This article explores who is likely to benefit from Internet propaganda in civil wars. It argues that the global reach of the Internet, its lack of regulation and its filtering tools are more likely to help transnational rebel groups with external support and radical aims than local groups with home...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Peace Research Vol. 62; no. 3; pp. 550 - 564 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
May2025
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