Social Media
Virtual Doorstep: Journalists, Social Media and the Victims of Tragedy
July 11, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
EXTREMISMO VIRAL – When did Islamic State’s (IS) Online Media Strategy Begin to Take Shape?
July 1, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Here’s How Radical Groups Like Islamic State Use Social Media to Attract Recruits
June 28, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Gonna Get Myself Connected: Social Media as a Facilitation Mechanism
May 23, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
On Social Media, ISIS Uses Modern Cultural Images to Spread Anti-Modern Values
May 23, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
The effects of social media on domestic terrorism
January 13, 2024Much qualitative research has drawn an association between social media and domestic terrorism, with the studies reaching different conclusions. However, few empirical studies have evaluated whether the surge in social media participation affects domestic terrorist events. Controlling for common explanations in the literature, we conduct a cross-national, time-series analysis of up to 151 countries from ...
The Role of the Internet in Radicalisation to Violent Extremism
September 18, 2023This chapter critically examines the role that the Internet and the Internet of Things (IoT) play in violent extremism. The chapter specifically focuses on arguments surrounding radicalisation as a pathway to terrorism and how individuals become radicalised due to different radicalisation processes and theories. Based on this critical analysis, the chapter argues that the Internet ...