Jihad online: How do terrorists use the internet?

Cohen-Almagor, Raphael

Abstract

Terrorism is designed to attract attention to the terrorist’s cause and to spread fear and anxiety among wide circles of the targeted population. This paper provides information about the ways terrorists are using the Internet. The threat of terrorism is real and significant. As the Internet became a major arena for modern terrorists, we need to understand how modern terrorism operates and devise appropriate methods to forestall such activities.

• Publication Date: 2017
• Electronic ISSN: 2194-5365
• Volume: 503
• Pages: 55-66
• Book Title: Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Media and Metamedia Management
• Chapter Number: 8
• ISBN: 9783319460666; 9783319460680
• APA6 Citation: Cohen-Almagor, R. (2017). Jihad online: How do terrorists use the internet?. In Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Media and Metamedia Management, 55-66. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46068-0_8
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46068-0_8