
The duality and mission of ISIS on social media
Clip: 8/30/2014 | 6m 19s
Analysis of ISIS’s social media presence from Shadi Hamid and Philip Smyth.
The Islamic State has entered into the global consciousness for multiple reasons. For more analysis, Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Shadi Hamid of the Brookings Institution and Philip Smyth, a researcher at the University of Maryland who studies Islamic extremism.
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The duality and mission of ISIS on social media
Clip: 8/30/2014 | 6m 19s
The Islamic State has entered into the global consciousness for multiple reasons. For more analysis, Hari Sreenivasan speaks with Shadi Hamid of the Brookings Institution and Philip Smyth, a researcher at the University of Maryland who studies Islamic extremism.
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