Document Type : ORIGINAL RESEARCH PAPER

Authors

• Fadwa Abdel Sater ¹
• Yahya Jahangiri ²
• Asghar Masoudi ³

¹ M.A, Department of Media Sciences, Faculty of Mass Communication and Documentation, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.

² Assistant Prof, Department of Shiite Studies, Faculty of Islamic Studies, University of Religion and Denomination, Qom, Iran.

³ Assistant Prof, Department of Shiite Studies, Faculty of Islamic Studies, Al-Mustafa International University, Qom, Iran.

Abstract

SUBJECT & OBJECTIVES: Extremist thought in the new media and its impact on society, showing the role of this media, in how they employ the contents of the Islamic values and concepts, within the framework of forming a specific intellectual trend, that aims to influence the vision and convictions of individuals. This analysis also uncovers the most famous electronic communication networks, influencing the extremism and deviation of thought among Arab youth, by analyzing the path of their emergence and formation. Revealing the distortion and misinformation in the media discourse, directed through the network for the defense of the companions and mothers of the believers.
METHOD & FINDING: The study relied on precise research tools, such as the technique of quantitative content analysis, the use of the framing method, and the questionnaire also are adopted. The treatment required several research approaches, such as historical, descriptive, and analytical ones. Additionally, using statistics, opinion polls, and numbers fall within the inductive approach. The comparative approach was also used when comparing theory and practice in a case study. The study showed the failure of these extremist sites to distort the image of religious thought and to deviate human societies from their nature, faith, and morality.
CONCLUSION: The concepts and values broadcast by these media outlets do not bear the characteristics of thought that make them fall within Islamic thought. Those are thoughts that deviate from the values of Islam.

Keywords

• Sectarianism
• Extremist Thought
• Terrorism
• New Media
• Network of Companions
• Defense

Main Subjects

• Propagation (Tabligh) in Cyber Space
• Religion and Cyberspace
• Social and Economic Issues

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