Digital participation roles of the global Jihad: Social media’s role in bringing together vulnerable individuals and VEO content

Gina S. Ligon; Margeret Hall; Clara Braun

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-91716-0_39

Digital participation roles of the global Jihad: Social media’s role in bringing together vulnerable individuals and VEO content

Gina S. Ligon, Margeret Hall, Clara Braun

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Abstract

The advent of the internet broadly changed the way society communicates. This is well-known and well-researched across standard populations. Niche or subpopulations, such as terrorist groups or other violent extremist organizations, are less well-understood and researched. However, as strategic outreach such as recruiting and advertising is more and more web-based, research’s limited understanding of such groups is a detriment to effective management strategies. This work is a foundational attempt to ground violent extremist organization’s internet usage into the theoretical lens of and discussion around digital participation and online communities. We analyze the spectrum of participation in violent extremist organizations’ online communities and elucidate existing behaviors of individuals involved with terrorism in a series of mini case studies. This work’s contribution is the expansion of the theoretical framework of digital participation in online violent extremist communities.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	HCI in Business, Government, and Organizations - 5th International Conference, HCIBGO 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Proceedings
Editors	Bo Sophia Xiao, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	485-495
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Print)	9783319917153
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91716-0_39
State	Published - 2018
Event	5th International Conference on HCI in Business, Government, and Organizations, HCIBGO 2018 Held as Part of HCI International 2018 - Las Vegas, United States Duration: Jul 15 2018 → Jul 20 2018

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume	10923 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Other

Other	5th International Conference on HCI in Business, Government, and Organizations, HCIBGO 2018 Held as Part of HCI International 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Las Vegas
Period	7/15/18 → 7/20/18

Keywords

Digital participation
Online communities
Social media
Violent extremist organizations

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Theoretical Computer Science
General Computer Science

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Ligon, G. S., Hall, M., & Braun, C. (2018). Digital participation roles of the global Jihad: Social media’s role in bringing together vulnerable individuals and VEO content. In B. S. Xiao, & F. F.-H. Nah (Eds.), HCI in Business, Government, and Organizations - 5th International Conference, HCIBGO 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Proceedings (pp. 485-495). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10923 LNCS). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91716-0_39

Digital participation roles of the global Jihad: Social media’s role in bringing together vulnerable individuals and VEO content. / Ligon, Gina S.; Hall, Margeret; Braun, Clara.
HCI in Business, Government, and Organizations - 5th International Conference, HCIBGO 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Proceedings. ed. / Bo Sophia Xiao; Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah. Springer Verlag, 2018. p. 485-495 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 10923 LNCS).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Ligon, GS, Hall, M & Braun, C 2018, Digital participation roles of the global Jihad: Social media’s role in bringing together vulnerable individuals and VEO content. in BS Xiao & FF-H Nah (eds), HCI in Business, Government, and Organizations - 5th International Conference, HCIBGO 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), vol. 10923 LNCS, Springer Verlag, pp. 485-495, 5th International Conference on HCI in Business, Government, and Organizations, HCIBGO 2018 Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Las Vegas, United States, 7/15/18. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91716-0_39

Ligon GS, Hall M, Braun C. Digital participation roles of the global Jihad: Social media’s role in bringing together vulnerable individuals and VEO content. In Xiao BS, Nah FFH, editors, HCI in Business, Government, and Organizations - 5th International Conference, HCIBGO 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2018. p. 485-495. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)). doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-91716-0_39

Ligon, Gina S. ; Hall, Margeret ; Braun, Clara. / Digital participation roles of the global Jihad : Social media’s role in bringing together vulnerable individuals and VEO content. HCI in Business, Government, and Organizations - 5th International Conference, HCIBGO 2018, Held as Part of HCI International 2018, Proceedings. editor / Bo Sophia Xiao ; Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah. Springer Verlag, 2018. pp. 485-495 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)).

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