Those distinctions, however, are not relevant for this work. See for example Charlie Winter, Documenting the Virtual вЂњCaliphateвЂќ (London: Quilliam, October, 2015). This is despite the fact that there are thousands of videos, that video is as least as powerful a medium as still images, but probably more powerful, and despite the fact that there are so many ways to disseminate video.Д§ There are, of course, excellent studies dividing IS output into distinct categories. 5 (2017): 357вЂ“375, Brandon Colas, вЂњWhat Does Dabiq Do? ISIS Hermeneutics and Organizational Fractures Within Dabiq Magazine,вЂќ Studies in Conflict and Terrorism,вЂќ 40, no. Ingram, вЂњAn Analysis of Inspire and Dabiq: Lessons From AQAP and Islamic StateвЂ™s Propaganda War,вЂќ Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 40, no. Novenario, вЂњDifferentiating Al Qaeda and the Islamic State Through Strategies Publicized in Jihadist Magazines,вЂќ Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 39, no. While there is, of course, a growing body of research on the propaganda magazines produced both by Islamic State and by Al Qaeda, there is not nearly as much material studying the videos (from a form, as opposed to a content, basis.) See as examples Celine Marie I.

Charlie Winter, вЂњThe ISIS Propaganda Decline.вЂќ ICSR Insight, International Centre for the Study of Radicalization, Kings College, London,, Д¦ This research project is focused on jihadist materials, but there is no reason this approach could not ultimately be used for any extremist product. isis_in_america-full_report.pdf.ДҐ Charlie Winter has documented shifts, as the physical space IS controls has contracted, in the percentages of product devoted to combat-themed material increase and the percentages devoted to governance and вЂњUtopiaвЂќ decrease. In this piece Zelin says he is discussing вЂњQualityвЂќ of video output, but what he means by quality we would consider typology (i.e., whether a particular video ought be characterized as combat or governance).Д¤ See for example Lorenzo Vidino and Seamus Hughes, ISIS in America: From Retweets to Raqqa (Washington, DC: The George Washington University Program on Extremism, December, 2015). Zelin, вЂњPicture or it DidnвЂ™t Happen: A Snapshot of the Islamic StateвЂ™s Official Media Output,вЂќ Perspectives on Terrorism 9, no. Reiss, вЂњAttention to Television: Alpha Power and Its Relation to Image Motion and Emotional Content,вЂќ Media Psychology 5, no. Moving images attract our attention and produce arousal in ways that still images cannot.

2 (2016): 1вЂ“34.Дў This is a function of physiology, of the way the eye and the brain work together. 1 See for example Carol Winkler, вЂњVisual Images: Distinguishing DaeshвЂ™s Internal and External Communication Strategies,вЂќ in Countering Daesh Propaganda: Action Oriented Research for Practical Policy Outcomes (Atlanta: The Carter Center, February, 2016), 15вЂ“19, Mia Bloom, John Horgan, and Charlie Winter, вЂњDepictions of Children and Youth in the Islamic StateвЂ™s Martyrdom Propaganda, 2015вЂ“2016,вЂќ CTC Sentinel 9, no.

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