TY - JOUR
T1 - Ideological rationality and violence
T2 - An exploratory study of ISIL’s cyber profile
AU - Derrick, Douglas C.
AU - Sporer, Karyn
AU - Church, Sam
AU - Scott Ligon, Gina
N1 - Funding Information:
This material is based upon work supported by the US Department of Homeland Security under Grant Award Number 2012-ST-061-CS0001, Principal Investigator G.S. Ligon. The views and conclusions contained in this document are those of the authors and should not be interpreted as necessarily representing the official policies, either expressed or implied, of the US Department of Homeland Security. The authors would like to thank Julia Fuller and Caleb Steffensmeier for their assistance with content coding of ISIL transient webpages.
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PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - This exploratory study examines the narrative space of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Specifically, we developed a methodology to gather, archive, and analyze ISIL’s online presence in social media. Our sample was drawn from transient websites (N = 8308) collected between August 2015 and October 2015. From this pool, we coded a random sample of 100 English-only articles for violent, pragmatic, and ideological themes. Exploratory factor analyses revealed two constructs: violence and ideological rationality. Our findings offer insight into the messaging and organizational dynamics of ISIL. We conclude with implications and future directions.
AB - This exploratory study examines the narrative space of the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). Specifically, we developed a methodology to gather, archive, and analyze ISIL’s online presence in social media. Our sample was drawn from transient websites (N = 8308) collected between August 2015 and October 2015. From this pool, we coded a random sample of 100 English-only articles for violent, pragmatic, and ideological themes. Exploratory factor analyses revealed two constructs: violence and ideological rationality. Our findings offer insight into the messaging and organizational dynamics of ISIL. We conclude with implications and future directions.
KW - SIL
KW - cyber technology
KW - social media
KW - violent extremist organizations
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U2 - 10.1080/17467586.2016.1267866
DO - 10.1080/17467586.2016.1267866
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85011339632
VL - 9
SP - 57
EP - 81
JO - Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways toward Terrorism and Genocide
JF - Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict: Pathways toward Terrorism and Genocide
SN - 1746-7586
IS - 1-3
ER -