terrorist attacks
Identifying distinct types of internet use that predict the likelihood of planning or committing a terrorist attack: Findings from an analysis of individuals convicted on terrorism(-related) charges in England and Wales
April 24, 2025Previous research has documented that the internet plays an increasingly important role in facilitating involvement in terrorism. However, the level of specificity of this literature is low. Advancing current insights, we examined how three concrete examples of active (i.e., generate/disseminate terrorist propaganda; interact with co-ideologues) and two examples of passive (i.e., learn about terrorist ideologies/actors; ...
How and why vehicle ramming became the attack of choice for terrorists
July 5, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Online Responses to Terrorist Attacks: A #niceattack Case Study – Part 2: The Aftermath
July 1, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Online Responses to Terrorist Attacks: A #niceattack Case Study – Part 1: The First 20 Minutes
July 1, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
Shifts in the Visual Media Campaigns of AQAP and ISIS After High Death and High Publicity Attacks
September 18, 2023Extreme militant groups use their media campaigns to share information, recruit and radicalize followers, share worldviews, and seek public diplomacy ends. While previous research documents that various on-the-ground events correspond to changes in the groups’ messaging strategies, studies of how competing militant groups influence one another’s media campaigns are nascent. This study helps fill that ...