Radicalisation
New Approaches to the Analysis of Jihadism: Online and Offline
September 18, 2023This volume is a result of a research project at the University of Vienna (Austria). The project “Jihadism online” aims at a multi-dimensional analysis of online presence of the transnational tendency often called Jihadism. ...
Propaganda 2.0: Psychological Effects of Right‐wing and Islamic Extremist Internet Videos
September 18, 2023This book deals with the psychological effects of extremist propaganda videos. It particularly asks the question how young adults in Germany respond to right- wing as well as Islamic extremist videos which can be found on the Internet today. This is not a book about terrorism, but about the potential conditions which might facilitate a ...
Virtual Disputes: The Use of the Internet for Terrorist Debates
September 18, 2023Terrorists are using the Internet for various purposes. Most of the attempts to monitor and study terrorist presence on the Net focused on the practical and communicative uses of this channel by modern terrorists. Yet, not much attention has been paid to the use of the Net as a medium for terrorist debates and disputes. ...
Comparison of Visual Motifs in Jihadi and Cholo Videos on YouTube
September 18, 2023Homegrown Sunni extremists (jihadis) and Latin American street gang members (cholos) represent potential threats to national security. Both groups are known to inhabit the video- sharing website YouTube. Videos representative of each group were selected at random, and the visual motifs in the videos were categorized. Findings suggest similarities and differences between the two groups ...
Online Terror and Hate: The First Decade
September 18, 2023The Internet’s unprecedented global reach and scope combined with the difficulty in monitoring and tracing communications make the Internet a prime tool for extremists and terrorists. The Simon Wiesenthal Center has been monitoring these developments for nearly two decades through our Digital Terrorism and Hate Project. Our findings reveal that as the Internet has grown, ...
Digital Terrorism and Hate 2012: The Power of Social Networking in the Digital Age
September 18, 2023Analysis of ‘digital terrorism’ and hate on the Internet ...
How Social Media Outlets Impact Digital Terrorism and Hate
September 18, 2023An analysis of how social media outlets impact digital terrorism and hate ...
Online Territories of Terror: Utilizing the Internet for Jihadist Endeavors
September 18, 2023An introduction to Jihadism online ...
Die Vermittlung arabischer Jihadisten- Ideologie: Zur Rolle deutscher Aktivisten
September 18, 2023Jihadistische Inhalte haben sich im Internet seit den Terroranschlägen vom 11. September 2001 massiv verbreitet. Trotz vielfacher Bemühungen, die jihadistische Webpräsenz zu bekämpfen, finden sich entsprechende Medien seit nunmehr knapp zwei Jahrzehnten in den virtuellen Welten. Ironischerweise nutzen die Jihadisten das modernste Mittel der Kommuni- kation, um im Namen einer primitiven Theologie gegen die Moderne ...
Tweeting for the Caliphate: Twitter as the New Frontier for Jihadist Propaganda
September 18, 2023This article discusses the emergence of jihadist social media strategies, explains how the Syrian jihadist group Jabhat al-Nusra (JN) has used Twitter to disseminate content, and analyzes content shared by JN. Using an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of jihadist propaganda, this article demonstrates how jihadist groups are using Twitter to disseminate links to video ...