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Social Media and the Use of Discursive Markers of Online Extremism and Recruitment

Social Media and the Use of Discursive Markers of Online Extremism and Recruitment

Robyn Torok
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 31
ISBN13: 9781799834359|ISBN10: 1799834352|EISBN13: 9781799834366
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3435-9.ch038
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Torok, Robyn. "Social Media and the Use of Discursive Markers of Online Extremism and Recruitment." Research Anthology on Religious Impacts on Society, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2021, pp. 734-764. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3435-9.ch038

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Torok, R. (2021). Social Media and the Use of Discursive Markers of Online Extremism and Recruitment. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Research Anthology on Religious Impacts on Society (pp. 734-764). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3435-9.ch038

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Torok, Robyn. "Social Media and the Use of Discursive Markers of Online Extremism and Recruitment." In Research Anthology on Religious Impacts on Society, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 734-764. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2021. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-3435-9.ch038

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Abstract

This chapter examines the shift toward the use of social media to fuel violent extremism, what the key discursive markers are, and how these key discursive markers are used to fuel violent extremism. The chapter then addresses and critiques a number of radicalisation models including but not limited to phase based models. Discursive markers are covered under three broad narrative areas. Narratives of grievance are designed to stimulate strong emotive responses to perceived injustices. Based on these grievances, active agency is advocated in the form of jihad as a path that one should follow. Finally, a commitment to martyrdom is sought as the goal of these discursive markers.

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