The digital augmentation of extremism: Reviewing and guiding online extremism research from a sociotechnical perspective

M Risius, KM Blasiak, S Wibisono… - Information Systems …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Online extremism remains a persistent problem despite the best efforts of governments, tech
companies and civil society. Digital technologies can induce group polarization to promote …

Online extremism detection in textual content: a systematic literature review

S Aldera, A Emam, M Al-Qurishi, M Alrubaian… - IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Social media networks such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, blogs, and discussion forums
are becoming powerful tools that extremist groups use to disseminate radical ideologies and …

Contagion dynamics of extremist propaganda in social networks

E Ferrara - Information Sciences, 2017 - Elsevier
Recent terrorist attacks carried out on behalf of ISIS on American and European soil by lone
wolf attackers or sleeper cells remind us of the importance of understanding the dynamics of …

Predicting online extremism, content adopters, and interaction reciprocity

E Ferrara, WQ Wang, O Varol, A Flammini… - Social Informatics: 8th …, 2016 - Springer
We present a machine learning framework that leverages a mixture of metadata, network,
and temporal features to detect extremist users, and predict content adopters and interaction …

Understanding the roots of radicalisation on twitter

M Fernandez, M Asif, H Alani - Proceedings of the 10th ACM conference …, 2018 - dl.acm.org
In an increasingly digital world, identifying signs of online extremism sits at the top of the
priority list for counter-extremist agencies. Researchers and governments are investing in …

An approach for radicalization detection based on emotion signals and semantic similarity

O Araque, CA Iglesias - IEEE access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The Internet has become an important tool for modern terrorist groups as a means of
spreading their propaganda messages and recruitment purposes. Previous studies have …

Interpreting text and image relations in violent extremist discourse: A mixed methods approach for big data analytics

KL O'Halloran, S Tan, P Wignell… - … and Political Violence, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents a mixed methods approach for analysing text and image relations in
violent extremist discourse. The approach involves integrating multimodal discourse …

[PDF][PDF] Understanding the Language of ISIS: An Empirical Approach to Detect Radical Content on Twitter Using Machine Learning.

Z Ul Rehman, S Abbas, MA Khan… - … , Materials & Continua, 2021 - researchgate.net
The internet, particularly online social networking platforms have revolutionized the way
extremist groups are influencing and radicalizing individuals. Recent research reveals that …

Exploring radical right-wing posting behaviors online

R Scrivens - Deviant Behavior, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
In recent years, researchers have shown a vested interest in developing advanced
information technologies, machine-learning algorithms, and risk-assessment tools to detect …

The temporal evolution of a far-right forum

B Kleinberg, I van der Vegt, P Gill - Journal of Computational Social …, 2021 - Springer
The increased threat of right-wing extremist violence necessitates a better understanding of
online extremism. Radical message boards, small-scale social media platforms, and other …