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Jihadist Web Postings and Popular Social Media: A Forensic Psychological Analysis
Faculty Articles
  • Jessica Mueller, Alliant International University
  • Christine Collins
  • David B. Ross, Nova Southeastern University
  • Rande Matteson, Saint Leo University
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Article
Publication Date
1-1-2015
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Abstract

The development of the Internet has made it easy for individuals to communicate with others around the world, especially with the increased ease of social media. The Internet is used for interpersonal communication such as social media, meeting new people in chat rooms, joining interest distribution lists, among others leisure activities (Lennings, Amon, Brummert, & Lennings, 2010). According to Pew Research (2014), 74% of adults, with 89% of individuals ages 18-29 using social media extensively. This statistic is particularly important as it is estimated approximately 70% of the individuals recruited to engage in terrorism are ages 18 to 23 (Lennings et al., 2010).

Citation Information
Jessica Mueller, Christine Collins, David B. Ross and Rande Matteson. "Jihadist Web Postings and Popular Social Media: A Forensic Psychological Analysis" (2015)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/david-ross/78/