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    Political radicalization on the Internet: Extremist content, government control, and the power of victim and jihad videos

    Abstract The role of the internet in radicalizing individuals to extremist action is much discussed but remains conceptually and empirically unclear. Here we consider right-wing and jihadist use of the[…]

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    • in Pathways to radicalisation · Radicalisation · Research

    The psychology of lone-wolf terrorism

    Journal abstract Lone-wolf terrorism is a growing concern for security and a puzzle for social science. We describe two very different cases of lone-wolf terrorism: a meek secretary in nineteenth[…]

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    • in Ideologies · Pathways to radicalisation · Radicalisation · Research

    Measuring Political Mobilization: The Distinction Between Activism and Radicalism

    Journal abstract In this paper we review and extend measures of political mobilization: the increasing extremity of beliefs, feelings, and behaviors in support of inter-group conflict. Building on previous research,[…]

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    • in Causes of radicalisation · Radicalisation · Research

    Toward a Profile of Lone Wolf Terrorists: What Moves an Individual From Radical Opinion to Radical Action

    Journal abstract: Research has shown that there is no profile of individual characteristics of group-based terrorists, but profiling the characteristics of lone wolf terrorists may yet be possible. In this[…]

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    Friction: How Radicalization Happens to Them and Us

    From publishers: Explores the ways in which people are radicalized, an issue that is particularly important to the public in the post-9/11 era Draws from a wide range of case[…]

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    Mechanisms of political radicalization : pathways towards terrorism
    • in Pathways to radicalisation · Radicalisation · Research

    Mechanisms of political radicalization : pathways towards terrorism

    The article is a good example of the type of theory that seeks to explain how ‘normal’ people come to act in abnormal ways.

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