al-Qaeda, Salafi-Jihadi Movement
Two chapters in the 1st edition of Routledge Handbook of Transnational Terrorism edited By Nicolas Stockhammer.
Data Science
Written with Federico Borgonovo This paper aims to map the accelerationist collective known as Terrorgram and reconstructits basic morphological characteristics through propaganda study and social network analysis.The core of the study focuses on digital ethnography within Telegram platform, and it is aimedat the recognition of narratives, communication objectives, techniques and strategies. Andfinally, a Social Network … Read More “New Article: Mapping a Telegram-centred Accelerationist Collective published in STS” »
ISIS, Progressive Terrorism Studies, Strategic Communication
Terrorist groups like Al Qaeda (AQ) or the Islamic State (IS) have been pro-active in using the internet as well as traditional media formats to maintain a persistent media presence with the intention to influence their target audiences. For that purpose, they project influence based on a coherent – and thus for its target audience … Read More “New Paper: The Salafi-Jihadi Nexus” »
al-Qaeda, ISIS, Progressive Terrorism Studies, Salafi-Jihadi Movement
EICTP has published a new report: Ali Fisher & Nico Prucha, Understanding the Global Jihadist Movement: 20 years after 9/11, EICTP Expert Paper. Report Summary: Understanding the Global Jihadist Movement: 20 years after 9/11 is written by Ali Fisher and Nico Prucha. It is the first in a series of evidence-based research reports to examine the roots of … Read More “New Paper: The Global Jihadist Movement: 20 years after 9/11” »
ISIS, Progressive Terrorism Studies
Throughout history, violent political groups have exploited available means of communications to promote their cause, engage with their audiences and oppose their adversaries. Sunni jihadists have developed their own media items since the dawn of the Soviet Invasion into Afghanistan. As a result, the jihadist movement combines a long history of theological writing and strategic … Read More “New Article: Tracking IS Online” »
Data Science, Terrorism
This chapter examines current uses of data in the study of the Jihadist movement and highlights some significant limitations in studies which are emblematic of wider problems in the field. It then provides an outline of what data science is, and how the study of the jihadist movement must be built on data science which … Read More “New Article: Data Science in the study of the Jihadist Movement” »
Data Science, ISIS, Terrorism
This chapter is part of a collection edited by Rudiger Lohlker; World Wide Warriors: How Jihadis Operate Online. The chapter is an in-depth analysis of a four-part video series named Salil alsawarim, or the “clanging of the swords”. This series is worthy of such detailed attention as it provides an excellent example of a certain … Read More “New Article: A Milestone for Islamic State Propaganda” »
Data Science, ISIS, Strategic Communication, Terrorism
Online disruption efforts generally aim to reduce the availability of jihadist content. Yet, the speed and agility of jihadist movements online – a multiplatform approach which a co-author of this paper has previously described as a ‘swarmcast’ – has allowed groups to evolve in response to disruption efforts and find new ways to distribute content. … Read More “New Paper: Mapping the Jihadist Information Ecosystem” »
Data Science, ISIS, Public Diplomacy, Strategic Communication, Terrorism
“Netwar in Cyberia: Decoding the Media Mujahidin” dives deep into the elusive world of network-driven terrorism, which is particularly well-suited to evade top-down, traditional CVE methods. “No public diplomacy initiative can expect to counter the impact of the jihadist movement until they have understood what that movement is trying to achieve,” writes Fisher, warning that … Read More “New Paper: Netwar in Cyberia: Decoding the Media Mujahidin” »