How ISIS is Winning the Social Media War

ISIS has been singularly successful at disseminating its propaganda thanks to its mastery of modern digital tools. The much-reviled organization has built a decentralized media machine that produces and distributes effective content in multiple languages, in order to both attract recruits and manipulate its foes. This talk will explore how ISIS came to embrace the power of digital technology, how its media apparatus helped establish its sinister "brand," and what can be done to undermine its communications operations.