Social media and terrorism in Indonesia : enhancing or diluting its appeal?

• Main Author: Nur Azlin Mohamed Yasin
• Other Authors: S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies
• Format: Commentary
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Political science
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/104384; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7887
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The online Bahasa Indonesia extremist community no longer exists exclusively in a world of its own, in password-protected forums. Members also participate in social media, exposing themselves to a wider audience and softening their extremist image. How does this affect the adherents of extremist i...