How to counter the Islamic State on Twitter

By Anna Mulrine

March 25, 2015

http://m.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2015/0325/How-to-counter-the-Islamic-State-on-Twitter

American efforts to date have ranged from snarky responses meant to put down Islamic State tweeters to truth-telling campaigns. But the role of the US government in any of these endeavors is tricky and potentially alienating, analysts say.

Leader of the Islamic State group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, delivers a sermon at a mosque in Iraq during his first public appearance, last July.

The social media forays of the Islamic State (IS) range from the jarringly adolescent to sophisticated advertising campaigns meant to portray extremism as a normal lifestyle decision.