A multimodal study of the legitimization of violence in Rumiyah / Nazri Mohd Noor

This study explored the process of legitimization of violence in Rumiyah magazine produced by al-Hayat Media Center (ISIS). It employs a multimodal approach consists of van Leeuwen (2008) legitimization strategies and Kress and van Leeuwen (2006) visual social semiotics to analyse texts and semiotic...

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Main Author: Nazri , Mohd Noor
Format: Thesis
Published: 2020
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description This study explored the process of legitimization of violence in Rumiyah magazine produced by al-Hayat Media Center (ISIS). It employs a multimodal approach consists of van Leeuwen (2008) legitimization strategies and Kress and van Leeuwen (2006) visual social semiotics to analyse texts and semiotic resources found in the selected articles. The qualitative method used is an inductive thematic analysis which reveals several thematic categorizations, i.e., (1) the impersonalisation of ‘others’, (2) the legitimization of jihad value, and (3) the (de)legitimization of ‘fasiq’ scholars. The analysis conducted highlights the recurring use of legitimation strategies and visual social semiotic metafunctions to justify violence in the Rumiyah magazine. The overall analysis indicates a complex interaction between the discursive and semiotics aspects of the study that are governed by ISIS’s ideological goals. Keywords: ISIS, discursive legitimization, social semiotics, terrorism, Rumiyah
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spelling um-126922021-12-15T19:41:05Z A multimodal study of the legitimization of violence in Rumiyah / Nazri Mohd Noor Nazri , Mohd Noor P Philology. Linguistics PE English This study explored the process of legitimization of violence in Rumiyah magazine produced by al-Hayat Media Center (ISIS). It employs a multimodal approach consists of van Leeuwen (2008) legitimization strategies and Kress and van Leeuwen (2006) visual social semiotics to analyse texts and semiotic resources found in the selected articles. The qualitative method used is an inductive thematic analysis which reveals several thematic categorizations, i.e., (1) the impersonalisation of ‘others’, (2) the legitimization of jihad value, and (3) the (de)legitimization of ‘fasiq’ scholars. The analysis conducted highlights the recurring use of legitimation strategies and visual social semiotic metafunctions to justify violence in the Rumiyah magazine. The overall analysis indicates a complex interaction between the discursive and semiotics aspects of the study that are governed by ISIS’s ideological goals. Keywords: ISIS, discursive legitimization, social semiotics, terrorism, Rumiyah 2020-07 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/12692/2/Nazri_Mohd_Noor.pdf application/pdf http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/12692/1/Nazri.pdf Nazri , Mohd Noor (2020) A multimodal study of the legitimization of violence in Rumiyah / Nazri Mohd Noor. Masters thesis, Universiti Malaya. http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/12692/
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Nazri , Mohd Noor
A multimodal study of the legitimization of violence in Rumiyah / Nazri Mohd Noor
title A multimodal study of the legitimization of violence in Rumiyah / Nazri Mohd Noor
title_full A multimodal study of the legitimization of violence in Rumiyah / Nazri Mohd Noor
title_fullStr A multimodal study of the legitimization of violence in Rumiyah / Nazri Mohd Noor
title_full_unstemmed A multimodal study of the legitimization of violence in Rumiyah / Nazri Mohd Noor
title_short A multimodal study of the legitimization of violence in Rumiyah / Nazri Mohd Noor
title_sort multimodal study of the legitimization of violence in rumiyah / nazri mohd noor
topic P Philology. Linguistics
PE English
url http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/12692/
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/12692/2/Nazri_Mohd_Noor.pdf
http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/12692/1/Nazri.pdf