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Uncovering the Wider Structure of Extreme Right Communities Spanning Popular Online Networks
September 18, 2023Recent years have seen increased interest in the online presence of extreme right groups. Although originally composed of dedicated websites, the online extreme right milieu now spans multiple networks, including popular social media platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Ideally therefore, any contemporary analysis of online extreme right activity requires the consideration of multiple ...
The ISIS Twitter Census: Defining and Describing the Population of ISIS Supporters on Twitter
September 18, 2023The Islamic State, known as ISIS or ISIL, has exploited social media, most notoriously Twitter, to send its propaganda and messaging out to the world and to draw in people vulnerable to radicalisation. ...
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 ...
Now on Twitter, Facebook: Jihadi Media Foundation Fursan Al-Balagh
September 18, 2023Media foundations connected to jihadi groups and jihad-supporting organizations, which once released their productions – videos, statements, and more – over jihadi forums, have turned to social media websites, mainly Facebook and Twitter, because of these forums’ inability to provide reliable means for communication, interaction, and publication due to constant and often lengthy disruption of ...
Bastard Culture! How User Participation Transforms Cultural Production
September 18, 2023On how participation via Internet and social media transform cultural production ...