Chapter 13 The Roles of 'Old' and 'New' Media Tools and Technologies in the Facilitation of Violent Extremism and Terrorism

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2019
• Subjects: Crime and criminology; Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects; Human-computer interaction; Big Data; Cyber Security; Cybercriminal networks; Dark Web; Digital markets; Digital Society; Hacking; thema EDItEUR::J Society and Social Sciences::JK Social services and welfare, criminology::JKV Crime and criminology; thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UB Information technology: general topics::UBJ Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects; thema EDItEUR::U Computing and Information Technology::UY Computer science::UYZ Human-computer interaction
• Online Access: Open Access: DOAB: description of the publication; Open Access: DOAB, download the publication
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (25 p.)
• ISBN: 9780429460593
• Access: Open Access

This chapter describes and discusses the roles of media tools and technologies in the facilitation of violent extremism and terrorism. Rather than focusing on how media report on terrorism, we investigate how extremist and terrorist groups and movements themselves have exploited various "traditional" and "new" media tools, from print to digital, outlining the significance that they have had on extremists' ability to mark territory, intimidate some audiences, connect with other (sympathetic) audiences, radicalize, and even recruit. Underlined is that violent extremists and terrorists of all stripes have, over time, used every means at their disposal to forward their communicative goals. Also worth noting is that 'old' media tools are not extinct and while 'new' media play a prominent role in contemporary violent extremism and terrorism, 'old' tools-everything from murals to magazines-continue to be utilized in tandem with the former.