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Posts tagged with ‘Forum’

  • Jul112024

    Methodologies in Manipulation: The Far-Right’s Antisemitic Discourse Online Amid the Israel-Hamas War

    Introduction Israel’s war on Hamas has been making headlines worldwide since it began on 7 October 2023.  However, individuals around…

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  • Jun032024

    Examining Online Behaviours: Violent and Non-Violent Right-Wing Extremists During Peak Posting Days

    Despite the ongoing need for practitioners to identify violent right-wing extremists (RWEs) online before their engagement in violence offline, there…

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  • Apr252024

    Imagining the Past: Justifications of Ideology in Incel Communities

    Introduction Incel (‘involuntary celibacy’) online communities have become known for hostile, misogynist ideology and a hopeless, deterministic and self-deprecating worldview.…

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  • Apr232024

    Moscow Attack: The Popularisation of Far-Right Conspiracy Theories in Mainstream Media

    Introduction In the immediate aftermath of the 22 March attack on Moscow’s Crocus City Hall, social media was replete with…

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  • Mar152023

    Discourses of Violence in Incel Online Discussions After the Plymouth Shooting

    Introduction In August 2021, a young man attacked and killed his mother in Plymouth, UK. He then left his home,…

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  • Nov262022

    Online Platforms as Gendered Sites: Why We Should Pay Attention to Women-Only Forums

    This Insight is part of GNET’s Gender and Online Violent Extremism series in partnership with Monash Gender, Peace and Security Centre. This series…

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  • Nov092022

    The Role of Perceived Injustice and Need for Esteem on Incel Membership Online

    Introduction Incels, or involuntary celibates, is an increasingly popular subculture of men nestled within the online misogynist and male supremacist…

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  • Oct032022

    Extremist Influencers: Hyper- and Super-Posters in Extremist Forums

    Investigating Posting Behaviour in Extremist Online Spaces The growing concern over online extremist radicalisation has driven increased interest in the…

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  • Sep082022

    Right-Wing Extremists’ Use of the Internet: Emerging Trends in the Empirical Literature

    Introduction Close attention by journalists and policymakers to the widespread use of the Internet by violent Western (i.e., American, Canadian,…

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  • Aug152022

    Understanding The Incel Experience Online

    Incel, short for ‘involuntarily celibate’, is self-identification used exclusively by cis-gender, straight males who congregate exclusively in online spaces, and…

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