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New Paper: The Salafi-Jihadi Nexus

Posted on July 17, 2022September 28, 2023 By wandrenpd
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” »

New Paper: Mapping the Jihadist Information Ecosystem

Posted on June 17, 2019February 17, 2023 By wandrenpd No Comments on New Paper: Mapping the Jihadist Information Ecosystem
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” »

New Paper: Netwar in Cyberia: Decoding the Media Mujahidin

Posted on November 13, 2018February 17, 2023 By wandrenpd
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” »

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