As Hezbollah evolves into a more legitimate group, in part because of its involvement in politics and welfare, the demand for a more transparent structure grows. Nonetheless, there is ‘still place’ for a secretive structure within the group. According to Hamzeh (1993), a consultative council (Supreme Shura Council), plus several committees composes the Hezbollah structure. After the National Pact the group started a political life, hence a public structure was necessary to legitimise it. In terms of leadership, Hezbollah presents a collective leadership instead of the usual one charismatic leader. In addition, the Ulama is vital on its structure.
Following Hamzeh’s (1993) opinion, seven members , majority clerics, constitute Hezbollah’s
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Al-Manār television, radio stations such as al-Nour, Baqiyyat allāh or the press as the al-'Ahd which became al-Intiqād (based on Avon’s Organisational Chart of 2012) are used as a tool, also “The research and propaganda section runs two radio stations, Sawt al-Iman (Voice of Faith) and Sawt al Nidal (Voice of Struggle), and one television station called al-Manar (the Beacon). In addition, there are two publications: al-Ahed (the party's main mouthpiece), which appears weekly, and the al-Bilad, which appears monthly.” (Hamzeh, 1993). There is a general acceptance that Hezbollah is the first group to use a camera as a weapon and clearly, they take advantage of their widespread communications network to promote their ideology and strategic goals.
The internet is also a powerful propaganda/recruitment tool for Hezbollah, the use of official websites such as www.hizbollah.tv and the personal page of Hassan Nasrallah www.nasrollah.org are proof of that. Nevertheless, the use of social media by other groups, for instance Islamic State, is heavily used as method of recruitment however, there is no public evidence of its utilisation by