literature review
Counterspeech: A Literature Review
September 12, 2024Every day, internet users encounter hateful and dangerous speech online, and some of them choose to respond directly in order to refute or undermine it. We call this counterspeech. Only a few studies have attempted to measure the effectiveness of counterspeech directly, and as far as we know, this is the first review of relevant literature. ...
Mapping the Agenda for Incel Research: Over-trodden Paths vs. Unchartered Territories
August 10, 2024VOX-Pol Blog Post. ...
Online Terrorism Studies: Analysis of the Literature
September 18, 2023This study examined the literature on online terrorism studies between 2001 and 2022 and compared themes across journal segments and funded research. The results showed that there is a relationship between funding and the number of publications in recent years. While themes in the core terrorism journals more likely to follow the traditional terrorism studies, ...
Reviewing the Role of the Internet in Radicalization Processes
September 18, 2023This review presents the existing research on the role of the Internet in radicalization processes. Using a systematic literature search strategy, our paper yields 88 studies on the role of the Internet in a) right-wing extremism and b) radical jihadism. Available studies display a predominant interest in the characteristics of radical websites and a remarkable ...