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Social media, videos, online magazines, local radios, pamphlets and posters: ISIS has proven capable of adapting its communication strategy to strengthen its po...

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ISIS is renowned for its ability to mobilize followers via social media like Twitter, but the group is also attracting clusters of American followers who meet in person and push one another toward violence, experts and law-enforcement officials say.

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Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Tuesday called for blocking Islamic State militants from using social media to spread their message, injecting herself into a controversial issue that has divided current government officials.

In case you haven’t noticed, podcasts are huge right now. 

A recent Pew Research Center report, State of the News Media 2015, highlighted one area with new momentum - podcasting. And, for the first time in six years, NPR is on track to break even financially thanks in part to the rising popularity of podcasts. Even Spotify now allows you to play podcasts.

What was once a sleepy world of podcasts was totally transformed and catapulted into the limelight with the success of Serial, the most popular podcast in the world, according to Apple. 

I’m totally hooked! Here’s a few I subscribe to that keep me entertained on my daily commute:

Smart Women, Smart Power, CSIS

Weekly podcast featuring leading women from the corporate, government, and national security world discussing top international issues.

The Guardian: The Biggest Story in the World

A bit more formal, but provides a “behind the scenes” look at how Guardian staff approach an issue.

TED Radio Hour

Podcast version of TED talks.

Stuff You Should Know

This hugely popular, very informal podcast discusses a whole range of topics, from Ebola to guide dogs.

BBC Witness

Witness talks to people who lived through moments of history to bring you a personal perspective on world events.

Death, Sex and Money

A podcast about the big questions and hard choices that are often left out of polite conversation. Host Anna Sale talks to celebrities and regular people about relationships, money, family, work and making it all count while we're here.

Vox Tablet

Tablet Magazine's weekly podcast.

The Intelligent Podcast.

Showcases the best from the Intelligence Squared debates, talks and discussions.

The Financial Time’s World Weekly with Gideon Rachman

Each week World Weekly focuses on some of the major international political stories that are making the headlines - drawing upon the FT's team of foreign correspondents and international analysts to make sense of world events.

The Economist The Week Ahead.

The New Yorker Out Loud.

Newseum

This podcast gives you the story behind the story through interviews with journalists and newsmakers.

WIRED

Jihadology

A personal project of Aaron Y. Zelin, a Fellow at The Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Re/code Decode

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The Islamic State has declared a new target in its war on the West -- a co-founder of Twitter

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WASHINGTON -- Twitter has been "very cooperative" with FBI agents looking into individuals affiliated with the Islamic State and other terrorist organizations that use the social network to

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For months, Alex had been growing closer to a new group of friends online — the kindest she had ever had — who were teaching her what it meant to be a Muslim.

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Read the Report (PDF) Russia is at war with Ukraine. Russian citizens and soldiers are fighting and dying in a war of their government's own making. Russian President Vladimir Putin continues to deny Russian involvement in the fighting, but the...

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VICE News correspondent Simon Ostrovsky follows the digital and literal footprints of one Russian soldier, tracking him from eastern Ukraine to Siberia, to prove that Russian soldiers are fighting in Ukraine.

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The U.S. Army’s public website has been taken offline after hackers compromised the site on Monday. On Twitter, the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) took credit for the attack.

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Apparently frivolous exchange masks gravity of Nato concern at Russian incursions across Ukraine border

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The online interaction has brought extremist ideologues world-wide into closer and more personal contact with potential recruits but also gives Western investigators powerful tools for tracking potential threats.

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Selfies taken by Russian soldier Alexander Sotkin appear to provide damming evidence that Russian forces have been operating in Ukraine. Sotkin posted a number of images on social networking site instagram…