@isis

ISIS's successful and professional yet controversial and cruel utilization of social media

Upon initial research, our group collaboratively studied and learned more about what ISIS actually represents. We were interested in finding out more about how the organization is funded, how it began, who it consists of, who it is targeting, what the ultimate goal is, and more. ISIS, which stands for the Islamic State of Iraw and Syria, is an Islamic rebel extremist group controlling terrotiry in Iraq and Syria. A huge segment of our research in the first studio day focused on ISIS’s media campaign and sophisticated media department.

In today's class my group started discussing ISIS and their role on social media. Through research, I learned that not only does ISIS create highly graphic and gory videos to recruit members, but they also publish videos of propaganda where ISIS soldiers are featured giving candy to small children and visiting wounded soldiers in hospitals. I think this adds an interesting dimension to the intent of ISIS's use of social media.