Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Political Analysis of the Public Statements of the Leaders of Terrorists Groups

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2012 5 (7)
Authors
Klachkov, Pavel V.
Contact information
Klachkov, Pavel V. : Department of Expertise and Analytics of the Governour of the Krasnoyarsk Territory , 110 pr. Mira, Krasnoyarsk, 660009 Russia , e-mail:
Keywords
political analysis; situation analysis; terrorism; public statements; counterterrorism activity
Abstract

Considering that terrorists aim is to influence the public conscience in information space, effectiveness of both terrorist and counterterrorism activity largely depends on consideration of features and principles of the latter. That is why the modern radical organizations pay as much attention to the work in mass media and Internet as to the acts of violence. The public statements of terrorists are the weapon in media war. To study them the author proposes to use the methods of political and situation analysis. The research demonstrates that these statements are valuable sources if information and their detailed analysis let us to detect objective and subjective features of terrorists and nontransparent subjects who support them. It concerns, in particular, the compilation of psychological profiles of the leaders of the terrorists groups and determination of the grows poles, that is not formed, but visible tendencies. Thus, political analysis of the public statements of terrorists lets us to improve the mechanisms of prediction and prevention of terrorist activity which means that it has undoubtful practical importance.

Pages
1005-1014
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/2983

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