The cyber extremism orbital pathways model
The starting premise of this study is that internet-based communications possess unique characteristics that warrant the need to have a discrete pathway model to explain online radicalisation. This online radicalisation pathway model would especially apply to the growing communities of young neti...
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| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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2016
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10356/82410 http://hdl.handle.net/10220/39999 |
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| Institution: | Nanyang Technological University |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | The starting premise of this study is that internet-based communications possess unique
characteristics that warrant the need to have a discrete pathway model to explain online radicalisation.
This online radicalisation pathway model would especially apply to the growing communities of young
netizens whose socio-psychological makeup is shaping a ―new normal‖ in the way we exchange
information and interact. The proposed Cyber Extremism Orbital Pathways Model (CEOP) describes
how online cognitive radicalisation can move towards real-world violent extremism. The model also
elucidates the multitude of competing forces in cyberspace that promote or impede such radicalisation
and what this means for online counter-radicalisation strategies. The CEOP model is based on
inferences made from content and discourse analysis of extremist narratives on the internet and
current studies about internet-based communications. The research took into account distinctive
factors that made internet-based messaging more persuasive and this includes the effects of
crowdsourcing. Finally, the CEOP model suggests how the same persuasive communication
strategies used on the internet by extremists can be conversely used to counter online radicalisation. |
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