Media and Islamist radicalization. An analysis of reciprocal media effects on Islamist radicalization processes, the characteristics, and causes of local media coverage of the Islamist scene

由于伊斯兰激进化是一种跨学科探索的对民主的威胁，传播学如何有助于调查一个人越来越多地成为伊斯兰意识形态的支持者的过程就产生了问题。根据这一意识形态使用暴力。研究的特点是有三个主要差距。首先，没有关于新闻媒体内容和宣传内容在演变为政治或圣战分子萨拉菲派的人的不同激进化阶段所起作用的系统研究。其次，特别是那些与激进化相关的新闻媒体内容还没有被探索，这些内容覆盖了当地的某个伊斯兰场景，这(根据凯普林格的互惠效应的概念)可以假设对现场激进化的人产生影响。第三，新闻媒体内容产生的原因到目前为止还没有得到系统的探讨。拟议的项目旨在通过以下方式缩小德国和奥地利五个热点地区的这三个研究差距：(1)就媒体报道和宣传对认知、情感和行为的影响对监狱中的伊斯兰主义者和离场者进行定性采访；(2)对这些热点地区的小报媒体报道进行定量内容分析；(3)就记者与现场代表的互动以及他们的个人态度和工作条件进行定性采访。在所有三个子研究中，一个重点是关于媒体在场景危险方面的作用，即：(1)政治和圣战分子萨拉菲如何处理场景危险的媒体表征，以及他们希望获得哪种一厢情愿的表征；(2)媒体如何描绘场景的危险性；以及(3)哪些因素影响场景危险性的中介表征。经验研究结果旨在为媒体在激进化过程中的作用提供理论依据，并有助于对伊斯兰主义进行负责任的报道。

As Islamist radicalization is an interdisciplinary explored threat to democracy, the question arises how communication studies contribute to the investigation of the processes, in which a person increasingly becomes a supporter of Islamist ideology resp. uses violence with reference to this ideology. Research is characterized by three main gaps. First, there are no systematic studies on the role journalistic media content and propaganda content play in different radicalization phases of persons who evolve into political or jihadist Salafis. Second, especially those journalistic media content relevant for radicalization have not been explored yet that cover a certain local Islamic scene, which (on the basis of the concept of reciprocal effects according to Kepplinger) can be assumed to have an impact on radicalizing persons on the spot. Third, the causes of those journalistic media content have not been systematically explored so far. The proposed project aims to reduce those three research gaps in five hot spots in Germany and Austria by (1) qualitative interviews with Islamists in prison and scene-leavers about the cognitive, emotional, and behavioral effects of media coverage and propaganda; (2) quantitative content analysis of tabloid media coverage in those hot spots; and (3) qualitative interviews with journalists about their interactions with representatives of the scene and about their individual attitudes and working conditions. One focus in all three sub-studies is on the role of the media with regard to the dangerousness of the scene, i. e. on (1) how political and jihadist Salafis process the medial representation of the dangerousness of the scene and which wishful representation they aspire to; (2) how the media portray the dangerousness of the scene; and (3) which factors influence the medial representation of the dangerousness of the scene. Empirical findings aim to contribute to theorizing the media’s role in the course of radicalization and to responsible coverage on Islamism.