Media Presentation of ISIS: Content Analysis of the Magazine Dabiq

Abstract

This article deals with analysis of the magazine Dabiq. This magazine is published by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and it serves to Jihadist propaganda in English language. The content analysis is used. Thematic fields (with qualitative analysis) and important terms (with term freqency analysis). Authors identified tree main themes of the Dabiq magazine – religion, establishing of the Caliphate and its functions and military operations of the ISIS. The conceptualization of the enemies from the point of view of the ISIS.

Keywords

• Islamic state
• ISIS
• terorism
• religion extremism
• Syria
• Iraq
• Dabiq
• Content analysis