2017
DOI: 10.1080/09540261.2017.1343529
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The reception of broadcast terrorism: recruitment and radicalisation

Abstract: The declaration of a caliphate by Islamic State in June 2014 witnessed the recruitment of increasing numbers of foreign terrorist fighters drawn from a diverse range of nations across the globe. This paper seeks to explore the appeal of extreme groups and how recruiters persuade young people to risk either their lives or lengthy terms of imprisonment. The processes of radicalization and recruitment are differentiated and compared with conventional means of encouraging individuals to enlist in state-sanctioned … Show more

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“…Radicalization and Recruitment are two different processes [6]. Radicalization is the initial stage of a recruitment process, whose purpose is to modify individual beliefs that occur in a short time.…”
Section: Radicalization and Recruitmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Radicalization and Recruitment are two different processes [6]. Radicalization is the initial stage of a recruitment process, whose purpose is to modify individual beliefs that occur in a short time.…”
Section: Radicalization and Recruitmentmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In order to designate such attitudes as violent extremism, physical participation of radicalized persons in a terrorist act is not necessary, since it can be manifested through recruitment and indoctrination of others, participation in group activities to achieve terrorist goals, undergoing training for such purposes, travel abroad in order to acquire such training, financing, organizing and otherwise facilitating such trips (Council of Europe, 2015). In the UK, mere downloading and disseminating terrorist organizations' publications from the Internet without legitimate reasons is penalized (Jones, 2017). Radicalization can be manifested through various changes in attitudes and behaviour of people, so in that sense we can talk about cognitive and behavioural radicalization.…”
Section: Risk Factors Of Radicalization and Violent Extremismmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…While Europe has often led the way in internet regulation as a means of protecting consumers, significant safety protections such as the Right To Be Forgotten (17) and the General Data Protection Regulation (18) arrived relatively late (2012 and 2018, respectively). This contributed to a "Wild West"-like online environment that nurtured negative personality traits from narcissism (19,20) to aggression (20), and may have contributed to the radicalization (20)(21)(22), terrorism (20)(21)(22) and counter-democratic shifts that have been blamed on the internet (20).…”
Section: Proliferation Of Technology: Freedom But Also a "Wild-west"mentioning
confidence: 99%