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id	eprints-31108
recordtype	eprints
institution	SOAS, University of London
collection	SOAS Research Online
language	English
language_search	English
topic	H Social Sciences
description	This article addresses the Syrian regime’s strategic communication as a practice of politics that runs hand in hand with its repressive political, social, and military tactics to control the political sphere, win the ongoing civil war in the country, and violently suppress its opponents since the Syrian uprising began in March 2011. Drawing on primary and secondary sources as well as discourse analysis of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s main speeches since 2011, the article suggests that this strategy is a dynamic practice of politics that combines the mobilization of media and cultural genres as technologies of power with a political language rooted in the Ba’ath Party’s ideology to legitimate the regime’s war against its opponents, ensure support, and summon citizens as political subjectivities.
format	Journal Article
author	Matar, Dina
author_facet	Matar, Dina
authorStr	Matar, Dina
author_letter	Matar, Dina
title	The Syrian Regime’s Strategic Communication: Practices and Ideology
publisher	USC Annenberg, School for Communication and Journalism
publishDate	2019
url	https://eprints.soas.ac.uk/31108/