The Center for Strategic Communication (CSC) is an initiative of the Hugh Downs School of Human Communication at Arizona State University. It is composed of an interdisciplinary group of scholars at ASU and partner institutions who are interested in applying knowledge of human communication to issues of countering ideological support for terrorism (CIST), diplomacy and public diplomacy, propaganda and disinformation, and public health.
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Books
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Weapons of Mass Persuasion: Strategic Communication to Combat Violent Extremism (2008)
Complementing and extending scholarship in three areas-terrorism; the media, mediated representations, and propaganda in contemporary culture; and the political and diplomatic environment post-9/11-this book articulates the role of human communication in the “war of ideas.” Drawing on contemporary research from a variety of disciplines, this book offers analyses and recommendations for people…