Dr. William AllchornCumulative Extremism Online: How Moral and Strategic Aims Predict Narrative Escalation
Read moreOften when extremisms come about, they don’t occur in isolation. In the UK, for example, the emergence of extremist mobilisations…
Linda Schlegel“War Isn’t Hell; It’s Entertainment“: The Potential Role of Video Games in Radicalisation Processes
Read moreThe last years have demonstrated that extremists’ target audience has become progressively younger: in 2016 a 12-year-old was arrested in…
Lisa BogertsThe Visual Culture of Far-Right Terrorism
Read moreSince 2019, with the attacks in Christchurch, Poway, El Paso, Bærum and Halle, a new form of right-wing terrorism has…
GNET TeamGNET Research Digest – March 2020
Read moreWelcome to the March edition of the Global Network on Extremism and Technology (GNET) research digest. Your digest contains a…
Dr. Michael KronaVicarious Trauma From Online Extremism Research – A Call to Action
Read moreAcademic research into terrorism and online radicalisation has spiked in recent years, arguably caused, in part, by the rise of…
Holger MarcksWhat Makes Far-Right Rhetoric So Dangerous? Narratives of Imperilment as Justification of Violence
Read moreImagine the following: Person A is constantly trying to convince person B that person C wants to kill him. He…
Aaron ZelinHow Ansar al-Sharia in Tunisia’s Message Framing Primed Its Members To Become Recruits For The Islamic State
Read moreThere are a number of reasons why Tunisians joined the Islamic State in Iraq, Syria, and Libya. One underappreciated aspect…
Friederike WegenerThe Globalisation of Right-Wing Copycat Attacks
Read moreThe World Wide Web unites the world by connecting people from far off places. From Norway to New Zealand, across…
Chelsea Daymonstatus
The Coronavirus and Islamic State Supporters Online
Read moreAs the world focuses on the spread and containment of the coronavirus (COVID-19), statements on the virus are also appearing…
Moustafa AyadPilgrimage to the Platform: The Repeat Audience for ‘Muslim News’
Read more‘Baqiyya’ The audience of the Islamic State-affiliated Muslim News platform is in the parlance of the group — “baqiyya,” or…
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