Milad Mir Mohamad Sadeghi; Abdul Ali Ghavam; Afsaneh Mozaffari
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Using Social Network Analysis (SNA), the present article explored a network containing 7885 people and 9927 ties among Arab-speaking ISIS supporters on Twitter. The aim of this research was to explore the structure of the relationship among previously mentioned users, investigate the advantages and disadvantages ...
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Using Social Network Analysis (SNA), the present article explored a network containing 7885 people and 9927 ties among Arab-speaking ISIS supporters on Twitter. The aim of this research was to explore the structure of the relationship among previously mentioned users, investigate the advantages and disadvantages of this structure for ISIS, and identify the key nodes based on centrality measures. Based on the findings of this study, the network of the Arab-speaking ISIS supporters in Twitter during February and March 2019 consisted of a decentralized deep structure with a long diameter and clusters which had a weak tie with one another and the whole network. This structure could lead to flexibility, stability, and agility of the network and it could also preserve the anonymity of the key ISIS supporters. The researchers determined the nodes with the highest centrality scores and divided the ISIS supporters into 3 distinctive groups: key users, connectors, and followers.
nematollah fazeli; mohamad soltanifar; Hojjat Ollah Abbasi
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In addition to producing and publicating information,Social networks are good platforms for organizational management.The Islamic State (ISIS) plans terrorist operations through social networks, especially Facebook and Twitter.The group advances asks such as the recruitment and organization of forces, ...
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In addition to producing and publicating information,Social networks are good platforms for organizational management.The Islamic State (ISIS) plans terrorist operations through social networks, especially Facebook and Twitter.The group advances asks such as the recruitment and organization of forces, planning and implementation of operations, monitoring and control, guidance and leadership, communication and coordination of terrorist operations through telephony in social networks.Twitter and Facebook social networks have goals, benefits and effective performances for the ISIS group .ISIS's goals in these networks include attracting attention, gaining legitimacy and acceptability, identifying, announcing existence and gaining power.Advantages include global audiences, easy access, network power, high speed, horizontal connectivity, inclusive communications, interactive communication, flexible communications and low cost communications.These networks have the informing function, social mobilization and social solidarity for the ISIS terrorist group and advancing its goals on the international scene.This research was conducted to explain the goals, benefits and functions of Twitter and Facebook social networks for the Islamic State's terrorist group with the aim of identifying, controlling and confronting the phenomenon of media terrorism and reducing the damage caused by it.The data of this research have been collected and analyzed through grounded theory and documentary studies.
