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Week 6 Assignment: Recruiting a Terrorist
Recruitment methods employed by terrorist organizations are varied in nature and have been compared to those of traditional, nonviolent organizations. Complete a 10 to 12 slide PowerPoint (not including title slide or reference page) in which you examine the recruitment methods and tools used by modern terrorist organizations. In your examination, address the following elements:
Select a modern terrorist organization, identifying the primary method of recruitment used to attract members to the organization.
Describe the tools, methods of communication, and typical sequence of events followed during this stage of recruitment.
Investigate the ways in which the selected terrorist organization completes the selection process.
Include a detailed discussion of the methods used to determine recruit suitability within the organization, including, but not limited to, knowledge tests, ability tests, tests of loyalty, etc.
Explore the influence of modern technology in the recruitment of terrorists.
Examine the ways in which technology has expanded the reach of modern terrorism, affecting the incidence of the individual acts of terrorism, or lone wolf attacks.
Close by addressing the ways in which the recruitment in terrorist organizations is comparable to or distinctly different from recruitment in traditional, nonviolent organizations. Provide details to support the position taken.
In developing your work, be sure to rely upon academic, scholarly sources to support the definitions and recommendations provided. Scholarly sources should be cited both in-text (speakers notes) and on the reference page of the submission. A minimum of five academic, scholarly sources are required to be cited in the work, 3 of which must be peer-reviewed journal articles. Course materials may not be used.
Work should be submitted in a PowerPoint file and be 10 to 15 slides in length, excluding the required title slide and separate reference slide. You should ensure your PPT meets the following criteria in addition to covering the topics above:
The slides should contain mostly bullet point data related to the requirements expected in the instructions above.
Information on slides (including the reference slide) should be easily readable with an appropriate font size (do not cram all the information onto one slide and shrink the font).
Formatting should be consistent throughout the submission, this includes font, bullets, spacing, alignment, pictures, etc.
A background appropriate to the topic should be used on all slides and the background should be appropriate for the font (style, size, color, etc.), bullets, and graphics you have chosen.
Pictures and graphics (appropriate to the overall topic and the slide itself) should be included throughout the submission to keep the presentation interesting and add an additional dimension to the presentation, a good rule is a picture every other slide at least.
A title slide should be included with the same information that would be found on an APA formatted paper cover sheet.
All detailed explanations should be in the speakers notes only. Use of comments or any other method of adding additional information is not allowed.
Detailed speaker notes should accompany each slide with in-text citations. Your speakers notes should equal at least a 5-6 page APA formatted paper to ensure you have covered the topic thoroughly.
Submissions should be formatted per APA standards. For assistance and resources on APA formatting style, contact the APUS library and/or the APUS writing center. Be sure to review the rubric and the announcements before beginning and submitting your assignment.
