ONLINE VISIBILITY AND RADICALIZATION: CONCEPTS, CONTEXTUALIZATION, AND CASES

Abstract

In recent decades, security institutions have placed high priority on understanding the relationship between radicalization, violent extremism, terrorism, and the use of both traditional and new media tools. The terrorist attacks of 9/11 brought global attention to terrorism and its cross-border impact, but the use of information and communication technologies (ICT) by terrorist groups has increasingly become a crucial aspect of terrorism. The rise of ISIS and their adept use of social media and the internet, in particular, has been a significant milestone in demonstrating how effective these tools can be for terrorist organizations, even after the group's demise, and inspiring others to follow suit.