Religious Internet Networks and Mobilization to Terror

ABSTRACT

The current research is a part of a broader investigation on patterns of political involvement of Diaspora Internet communities. The study has compared the Internet content of three religious groups (Muslim, Jewish and Sikh) with an attempt to reveal certain cultural and religious codes that bring the potential terrorists to use the Internet as a tool for mobilization and coordination of their actions.


AUTHORS

Institute for Identity Research in Media and Politics (IDmap)

Marina Shorer-Zeltser is founder and President of IDmap research institute in Media and Politics. Her main fields of interest are quantitative and qualitative analysis of acquisition of identity through media and politics. She lectures in Political Science, International relations, Political Economy and Communication.

Department of Israel and Middle Eastern Politics, Ariel University Center of Samaria
Israel

Galit M. Ben Israel is a lecturer and researcher in Political Science at the Department of Israel and Middle Eastern Politics, Ariel University Center of Samaria, Israel, and an adjunct lecturer at the Department of Politics and Government, Ben Gurion University of the Negev. Dr. Ben Israel is the head of Project of Identity, Terror and Cyberspaces, in the Institute for Identity research in Media and Politics (IDmap). Her research interests include: Terror Studies, Homeland Security, Globalization and Digital Culture.

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