Social media and counterterrorism strategy

Aistrope, Tim

doi:10.1080/10357718.2015.1113230

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“…Boko Haram, for example, is one of the radical groups that have a Twitter account to offer radical discourse and violence, which are part of their ideology (Chiluwa 2015). Although in various countries there has been a de-radicalization, it is not an easy problem (Aistrope 2016). As many as 31% of respondents claimed to access radical sites because they were interested in exploring the radical ideology they knew, and 10.3% claimed they were interested in exploring radical sites to study the aims of radical movements.…”

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The Shift from Consumers to Prosumers: Susceptibility of Young Adults to Radicalization

2020

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This article examines the radicalization of young adults in relation to internet access and the social media content produced and managed by radical groups in Indonesia. Some of the research problems that become the major concern of this article were how young people respond to the internet and social media that provide radical content, how they find out about and access the content, what their purposes are for accessing radical content, and what they do with the radical content. The data discussed in this article were obtained from surveys and interviews with 700 students from seven state universities in Indonesia who were allegedly exposed to radicalism, according to the National Agency for Combating Terrorism (BNPT). The state universities that became research locations were the University of Indonesia (UI), Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB), Bogor Agriculture University (IPB), Diponegoro University (Undip), the Sepuluh Nopember Institute of Technology (ITS), Universitas Airlangga (UNAIR), and the University of Brawijaya (UB). This study revealed that in addition to accessing and consuming various radical content, some students also acted as prosumers. That is, they did not only read, but also produced information related to radicalization, and then recirculated it via social media.

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The Shift from Consumers to Prosumers: Susceptibility of Young Adults to Radicalization

2020

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“…The Islamic State’s sophisticated use of media has led to increased focus on the perceptual and virtual dimensions of contemporary wars. ‘Information warfare’, ‘strategic communication’ and ‘propaganda war’ have returned to the lips of policymakers and strategists from Washington to Brussels, and numerous counter-communication initiatives have been introduced (Aistrope, 2016). These initiatives call for academic scrutiny for the following two reasons: first, because there is currently little research on the effectiveness of these types of campaigns; and, second, because it is not unthinkable that the initiatives may have (damaging) consequences beyond their immediate aim of countering the Islamic State’s communication, particularly related to questions about freedom of speech/censorship and diversity/normalization — because how do you counter propaganda without becoming a propagandist yourself?…”

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‘Behead, burn, crucify, crush’: Theorizing the Islamic State’s public displays of violence

Friis

2017

European Journal of International Relations

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The militant group known as the Islamic State has become notorious for its public displays of violence. Through slick high-definition videos showing beheadings, immolations and other forms of choreographed executions, the Islamic State has repeatedly captured the imagination of a global public and provoked vehement reactions. This article examines the Islamic State’s public displays of violence. Contrary to the public constitution of the Islamic State’s violence as an exceptional evil, the article argues that the group’s staging of killings and mutilations is not an unprecedented phenomenon, but a contemporary version of a distinct type of political violence that has been mobilized by various political agents throughout centuries. However, what is new and significant about the Islamic State’s choreographed executions is the public visibility of the acts and the global spectacle that the group has created. Thus, if the Islamic State is introducing a new dynamic in global politics, it is not a new form of violence or brutality, but rather a transformation of how spectacles of violence unfold on the global stage. Subsequently, the article highlights three dimensions of the Islamic State’s public displays of violence that have facilitated the creation of the global spectacle: the Islamic State’s technological skills and professional use of media ( technology); the Islamic State’s mobilization of acts of violence that transgress prevailing sensibilities ( transgression); and the violent acts’ function as not only a form of terror, but also an integral element of a state project and a visual manifestation of an alternative political order ( politics).

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“…In 2016, these documents increased to 68, encompassing several topics related to social media and terrorism. These topics included the strategies to combat terrorism (Aistrope, 2016), information extremism incidents (Brajawidagda et al, 2016), and the use of social media by terrorists, to expand their global influence (Weimann, 2016). Furthermore, the number of published documents improved to 84 in 2017, based on detecting and combating terrorism on social media platforms, such as Twitter (Debnath et al, 2017;Gialampoukidis et al, 2017a,b;Sraieb-Koepp, 2017).…”

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Bibliometric analysis of international publication trends on social media and terrorism by using the Scopus database

Yumitro,

Febriani,

Roziqin

et al. 2023

Front. Commun.

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Social Media and Terrorism are often studied together and have become the focus of many authors in recent years. Therefore, this study aims to evaluate international publication trends on social media and terrorism, using the Scopus database through bibliometric analysis from 2009 to 2022. Data visualization and analysis were conducted using Microsoft Excel and VOSviewer. The results showed that the international publications trend reached a peak in 2018, with 103 publications emphasizing various topics, such as social media, terrorism, Twitter, terrorist attacks, and several issues related to terrorist activities and digital platforms. The United States was also the most common country of publication with the highest number of affiliated authors. In addition, the authors with the most published documents were Tsikrika T. and Vrochidis S., with the majority of reports prioritizing social sciences. These results are expected to contribute to the novelty of previous studies on social media and terrorism.

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Social media and counterterrorism strategy

Cited by 19 publications

References 3 publications

The Shift from Consumers to Prosumers: Susceptibility of Young Adults to Radicalization

The Shift from Consumers to Prosumers: Susceptibility of Young Adults to Radicalization

‘Behead, burn, crucify, crush’: Theorizing the Islamic State’s public displays of violence

Bibliometric analysis of international publication trends on social media and terrorism by using the Scopus database

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