visual imagery
Gore and Violent Extremism: An explorative analysis of the use of gore websites for hosting and sharing extremist and terrorist content
July 9, 2025Gore-related websites enable the hosting and sharing of illegal videos, including those produced by proscribed terrorist entities. The websites are numerous, free to access, provide no user or child safety features, and have seen a growth in visitor numbers in recent years due to ongoing conflicts. Most gore-related websites offer download and social media share ...
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 ...