scholarly journals The role of internet and social media in recruitment in certain Islamic terrorist organizations. Cases of Al Qaeda and ISIS

2018 ◽  
Vol 325 ◽  
pp. 179-188
Author(s):  
Ruslana Grosu ◽  
Vasile Bubuioc
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Al Qaeda ◽  
The Internet ◽  
New Members ◽  
Global Networks ◽  
Terrorist Organizations ◽  
Secret Communication ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Large Audience

This research is an attempt to resume and elucidate the practical valence of the academic works, published in the Western countries and Russia. The main goal of this study was to substantiate, in terms of theoretical and methodological aspect, the contents of publications, which reflect a wide range of topics, such as the propaganda, manipulation and recruitment in the terrorist organizations through the social media and the Internet, accentuating the psychosocial components, and highlighting the practices to combat this phenomenon. The paper focuses on the issue that the Internet and global networks significantly increased the potential for terrorist organizations Al Qaeda and ISIS to carry out their criminal plans. The authors based their research on the thesis that global network represents a new virtual environment, favourable for the online criminal acts, including the recruitment in the terrorist organizations such as Al Qaeda and ISIS. They use the Internet as means of psychological warfare through the dissemination of disinformation and horror, for recruitment of new members. The researchers underlined the amplification of the recruitment through various social networks. The anonymity and a large audience allow different interest groups, regardless of their place of residence, an uncontrollable and secret communication. The recruitment in the cyber terrorist communities has been conducted in online form by identifying and attracting people interested to support the approach and actions of the terrorist organizations such as ISIS and Al Qaeda.

IT for Peace? Fighting Against Terrorism in Social Media – An Explorative Twitter Study

i-com ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 181-193 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Reuter ◽  
Katja Pätsch ◽  
Elena Runft
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Information Systems ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
State Of The Art ◽  
The State ◽  
The Internet ◽  
New Members ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
The Media

AbstractThe Internet and especially social media are not only used for supposedly good purposes. For example, the recruitment of new members and the dissemination of ideologies of terrorism also takes place in the media. However, the fight against terrorism also makes use of the same tools. The type of these countermeasures, as well as the methods, are covered in this work. In the first part, the state of the art is summarized. The second part presents an explorative empirical study of the fight against terrorism in social media, especially on Twitter. Different, preferably characteristic forms are structured within the scope with the example of Twitter. The aim of this work is to approach this highly relevant subject with the goal of peace, safety and safety from the perspective of information systems. Moreover, it should serve following researches in this field as basis and starting point.

scholarly journals Study of Automotive Brands Popularity in Indonesia Using Twitter Data

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 23-33
Author(s):  
Stevent Efendi ◽  
Alva Erwin ◽  
Kho I Eng
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Sentiment Analysis ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Real World ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Brand Preference ◽  
Twitter Data ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Widespread Phenomenon

Social media has been a widespread phenomenon in the recent years. People shared a lot of thought in social media, and these data posted on the internet could be used for study and researches. As one of the fastest growing social network, Twitter is a particularly popular social media to be studied because it allows researchers to access their data. This research will look the correlation between Twitter chatter of a brand and the sales of brands in Indonesia. Factors such as sentiment and tweet rate are expected to be able to predict the popularity of a brand. Being one of the biggest industries in Indonesia, automotive industry is an interesting subject to study. A wide range of people buys vehicles, and even gather as communities based on their car or motorcycle brand preference. The Twitter results of sentiment analysis and tweet rate will be compared with real world sales results published by GAIKINDO and AISI.

scholarly journals MONET: a MOnitoring NEtwork of Telescopes

2001 ◽  
Vol 183 ◽  
pp. 13-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederic V. Hessman
Keyword(s):  
Monitoring Network ◽  
Global Network ◽  
Global Networks ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Robotic Telescopes ◽  
The Way

AbstractIn an age of 8m-class telescopes, we should rethink the way we use small telescopes. While 2-4m telescopes are still needed and will continue to be operated largely in the traditional fashion, new 1m-class telescopes operated robotically in global networks will enable a wide range of new and exciting scientific and educational projects, both by themselves and in conjunction with much larger telescopes. I describe our plans for such a global network of two 1m-class robotic telescopes.

Electronic Trading, Electronic Advertising, and Social Media Literacy

2020 ◽  
pp. 224-261
Author(s):  
Yurdagül Meral ◽  
Duygu Ecem Özbay
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Media Literacy ◽  
Digital Marketing ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Local Market ◽  
Electronic Trade ◽  
Large Audience ◽  
Huge Impact ◽  
Electronic Advertising ◽  
Marketing Methods

The internet has a huge impact on everything including by converting traditional trade methods into electronic trade and traditional marketing/advertising methods into electronic advertising and digital marketing methods not only in local trade but international trade as well. The purpose of this study is to increase literacy about electronic advertising, social media, digital marketing, by giving examples of how Turkish local influencers are used in social media to increase sales of international products. As a result, it is seen that the advertising posts made by influencers could reach a large audience in the local market.

Internet reporting, social media strategy and firm characteristics – an Australian study

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yi Xiang ◽  
Jacqueline L. Birt
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Firm Size ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Firm Characteristics ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Social Media Strategy

Purpose This paper aims to investigate internet reporting and social media strategies by Australian firms. This study looks at the extent of internet reporting and considers firm characteristics associated with disclosing information on the internet. This research is timely as in the past decade, this paper has witnessed the rapid growth of technologies such as the internet and social media and their subsequent impact on business and the economy. Design/methodology/approach This paper constructs a disclosure index featuring a wide range of both financial and non-financial disclosures including social media strategy. This study then investigates the firm characteristics associated with the level of internet disclosure. Findings This paper finds that a firm’s internet reporting is associated with firm size, financial performance and analysts’ coverage but not associated with the percentage of independent board members. A firm’s social media strategy is associated with firm size and its environmental, social and corporate governance (ESG) ranking. Practical implications The findings can help firms improve their internet reporting disclosures by providing a comprehensive list of disclosures that could benefit users of financial reports. It also helps standard setters and regulators understand some of the firm factors related to internet reporting and provide guidance for standard setters to consider in developing best practice internet reporting standards. Originality/value The research features the top 100 Australian companies’ internet disclosures in 2018 and also includes social media strategy. The results highlight that there is room for improvement with firms’ internet disclosure. By constructing a comprehensive index, this study provides guidance for standard setters to consider in developing best practice internet reporting standards.

scholarly journals Preliminary development of the social media disinformation scale (SMDS-12) and its association with social media addiction and mental health: COVID-19 as a pilot case study (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noomen Guelmami ◽  
Maher ben Khalifa ◽  
Nasr Chalghaf ◽  
Jude Dzevela Kong ◽  
Tannoubi Amayra ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Media ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Internet Addiction ◽  
Goodness Of Fit ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Measurement Scale ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Wide Range

BACKGROUND In recent years, online disinformation has increased. An infodemic has spread around the COVID-19 pandemic. Since January 2020, the culprits and antidotes to disinformation have been digital and social media. OBJECTIVE Our study aimed to develop and test the psychometric properties of the SMDS-12 measurement scale which assesses the consumption, confidence, and sharing of information related to covid-19 by social media users. METHODS A total of 874 subjects recruited over two exploratory (n = 179, Mean age = 29.34, SD = 7.98) and confirmatory (n = 695, Mean age = 31.22, SD = 11.63) periods, completed thesocial media disinformation scale (SMDS-12),the Internet addiction test (IAT), the COVID-19 fear scale, and the perceived stress questionnaire.The 12-item scale (SMDS-12 ) was initially tested by exploratory factor analysis. RESULTS The test supported the three-dimensional structure, in addition, no items were removed from the measurement scale. Subsequently, confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the robustness of the measure by referring to a wide range of goodness-of-fit indices that met the recommended standards. The reliability of the instrument examined by means of three internal consistency indices demonstrated that the three dimensions of the instrument are reliable.The correlation between the instrument's dimensions with the internet addiction scale and mental health factors showed positive associations. CONCLUSIONS The scale is eligible for measuring the credibility of disinformation and can be adapted to measure the credibility of social media disinformation in other contexts.

scholarly journals Influence of social media on tourism – especially among students of the University of Debrecen

2013 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-112 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gergely Ráthonyi
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Information Search ◽  
Social Networking Sites ◽  
Planning Process ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Trip Planning ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Decision Alternatives ◽  
New Applications

Derive from the characteristic, decisions connected with travelling have high risk for the travellers therefore they try to collect more detailed information and thoroughly map decision alternatives in order to decrease uncertainty. Wide spread of the Internet and rapid technological evolution have revolutionized all industries in the World especially tourism. Platform of tourism increasingly get to the Internet nowadays which is vitally important because tourism is an informationbased and information-intensive industry. Thanks to development of the internet tourists have an opportunity to access such information and purchasing opportunities which were available with the help of intermediaries earlier. Providing wide range of possibilities, Web 2.0 fundamentally changed the way of tourists’ information search behaviour and travelling decision making. This article collects some of the most significant new applications (social networking sites, blogs) in tourism – examine them from the two sides of tourism (demand, supply) – which principally based on active participation of users. Furthermore an offline questionnaire was made in order to survey the social media usage of the student (University of Debrecen, Centre for Agricultural and Applied Economic Sciences) during their leisure travel planning process. Although findings of the study reveal that vast majority of students use social networking sites every day, they don’t really use these platforms during their trip planning process. Among students, friends and relatives are the most important and the most trustworthy source of information due to characteristics of sample.

scholarly journals How Internet Shutdowns Affects the Entrepreneurs in Jammu and Kashmir

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 109-116
Author(s):  
Shahid Qadir ◽  
Amir Ahmad Dar
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Global Network ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Services ◽  
Young Generation ◽  
Jammu And Kashmir ◽  
Common Trend ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
Media Applications

Entrepreneurship is the globally accepted source for economic development in underdeveloped countries like India and Pakistan. The internet is used as a business resource for growth and development. The internet is a global network that provides information and communication facilities. Shutdown of internet services has become a common trend in Jammu and Kashmir to stop rumors and misinformation sharing on social media applications. But it affects the economy and social life of people living in Jammu and Kashmir. Shutdown of internet has become common in Jammu and Kashmir after the militants used social media as a tool for recruiting the young generation. Government of Jammu and Kashmir snapped internet services whenever any anti-military and antigovernment operation happened. Continued shutdown of internet in the region results in winding up small business unit, which operates through internet. This paper particularly focused on how internet shutdowns affect the entrepreneur and which problems are faced by entrepreneurs in Jammu and Kashmir by the shutdown of internet in the area.

scholarly journals INTERNET KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND CO-AUTHORSHIP AS FACILITATORS IN SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

2021 ◽  
pp. 043
Author(s):  
Vesna Waite
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Open Access ◽  
Knowledge Exchange ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Publish Or Perish ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Use Of Internet

The aim of this paper is to determine to what extent the use of Internet as a way of acquiring information for research purposes is a successful tool. The Internet can facilitate the research in different ways, some of which are being presented in the paper. Researchers have access to a wide range of databases available on the Internet, also having the opportunity to use sites designed as a social media for academics such as ResearchGate or Academia. Apart from that, there exists some degree of correspondence between open access philosophy and hacker ethics which is being related to academia to point to the possible ethic value researches have towards one another. The paper focuses on advantages of using Internet for the purposes of facilitating research, at the same time introducing the topic of collaboration and co-authorship as vital in today’s ‘publish-or-perish’ academia world. 

scholarly journals The Importance of Developing Security Culture Among Military Personnel as a Way to Mitigate the Terrorist Threat

2017 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 179-183
Author(s):  
Laurențiu-Leonard Lăzăroiu
Keyword(s):  
Military Personnel ◽  
Financial Information ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Access To Information ◽  
New Members ◽  
Terrorist Organizations ◽  
Security Culture ◽  
Security Education ◽  
The Social ◽  
Level Of Knowledge

Abstract A higher level of knowledge owned by military personnel about the specific actions of terrorist organizations, especially those used to recruit new members from colectivities of military personnel, in particulary military cadets, is a matter of novelty and requires some security education values in order to face the current threats. In the last 5 years, the Internet has become the preferred vehicle for spreading the radical jihadist discourse and a recruitment field of followers, eager to be involved directly or indirectly through logistical support, financial information for terrorist purposes. The interest of terrorist organizations for the social category, represented by young soldiers or cadets, is given by their access to information and skills on weapons, ammunition, explosives usage and even the information about how and from where find and steal them. More than that it appears the intention of recruitment and cultivation a secret and confident relationship with the future military personnel to obtain classified information, especially about terrorist actions organized by the specialized antiterrorist structures of the state.

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