by editor | Apr 29, 2008 | Analysis, Islam
by Robert Poe The recent resurfacing of the Muhammad cartoon controversy brought to mind a lecture about belief given about two years ago by the prolific Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek. For those uninitiated, Žižek is a contemporary, widely published...
by editor | Apr 25, 2008 | Counterterrorism, Framing, Language
by Steven R. Corman After years of being told over and over again that they should stop calling the Bad Guys “jihadis” the U.S. Government has finally decided that this would be a good idea. I feel sure it was two posts on COMOPS Journal, here and here,...
by nbrody | Apr 7, 2008 | Framing, Government, Media, Strategic Comm., Surveillance, technology, Terrorism 2.0
by Nicholas Brody Wikipedia is becoming a major source of news and reference information for the American public. A Pew internet poll found that 36% of online adults consult Wikipedia. That number jumps to 50% for college-educated adults. Among educational and...
by editor | Apr 4, 2008 | Media
by Steven R. Corman About a year ago, Ian Dirk did a post on COMOPS about a Palestinian children’s story hour where the featured stories included a tale of a Jewish woman who tried to poison the Prophet (moral: “the Jews are a people of treachery and...
by etp | Apr 3, 2008 | Diplomacy, Education, Image, Media
by Edward T. Palazzolo Leveraging the power of Web 2.0 and social networking, Jordan’s Queen Rania launches an online campaign to help curb Arab stereotypes. Queen Rania has launched an official YouTube page, with an exclusive message on the importance of...