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  • 6 - Why and How People Share Information during Conflict

  • Justin Schon, University of Florida
  • Book:
    Surviving the War in Syria
    Published online:
    17 September 2020
    Print publication:
    08 October 2020, pp 130-149

  • Summary

    This chapter begins by showing why armed groups perceive threats when civilians support community members. As armed groups respond, they make civilians perceive community support as dangerous. Then, it explains how civilians develop the motivation and opportunity to share information. Afterwards, it analyzes how and why civilians select specific conversation partners, particularly strong social ties, co-ethnics, and people with similar ideological views. Next, it discusses how civilians use code words when sharing information. Civilians perceive protection from this strategy of sharing information, even though the code words that they choose are often very easy to decipher.