Queries and conference-related correspondence should be directed to: terrorisminternetconf@dcu.ie
This is the first academic conference to subject the relationship between terrorism and new media, particularly the Internet, to truly multi-disciplinary scrutiny.
The two-day conference (Wednesday, 8 September and Thursday, 9 September) will feature seventeen panels, five roundtables, and three plenary addresses. Together these should generate robust debate and analysis of currently ‘hot’ topics in the realm of terrorism and the Internet, particularly the question of the role of the Internet in processes of radicalisation.
Watching Them Watch Us Watching Them
Dr. Jarret Brachman: North Dakota State University
Radicalization, Violence and Terrorism: Current and Future Directions For Research
Dr. John Horgan: International Center for the Study of Terrorism, Pennsylvania State University
Public Diplomacy, New Media, and Counterterrorism
Prof. Phil Seib: Center on Public Diplomacy and the Annenberg School, University of Southern California
Chair: John Horgan: Pennsylvania State University
New Technologies and the Development of Dissonance with Official Worldviews Leading to Extreme Behaviours
William Hutchinson: Edith Cowan University
The Logic of the New Mass-Mediated Martyrology: A Sociological Analysis of Framing Suicide Attackers in Internet
Domenico Tosini: University of Trento
New Media, Web 2 and Terrorist Learning
Matthew Warren: Deakin University
Countering the Narratives: Jihadists on Aljazeeratalk Forum
Mina al Lami: London School of Economics
Chair: Jarret Brachman: North Dakota State University
Understanding the Digital Transmediation of Terrorism: (Re)presentations of the ‘Underwear Bomber’ in New and Social Media
Pauline Cheong: Arizona State University
Chase Clow: Arizona State University
The Single Narrative: Using Identity Motives to Manipulate the Legitimacy of Violence
Michael King: McGill University
Muslim Youth and New Media: Understanding the Complexities
Orla Lynch: University of St. Andrews
Chair: William Hutchinson: Edith Cowan University
Building Visual Analytics for Evaluating Terrorist Propaganda
Cori Dauber: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, US Army War College
Carol K. Winkler: Georgia State University
Online Anti - Terrorism in India
Ponnurangam Kumaraguru: Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology Delhi
Adaptive Counterterrorism Tools over Silver Bullets
Rasmus Petersen: University of Southern Denmark
Uffe Kock Wiil: University of Southern Denmark
Chair: Lisa McInerney: Dublin City University
Uncovering the French Speaking Jihadisphere: An Exploratory Analysis
Benjamin Ducol: Université Laval
Frail and Bedazzeled: Identifying Coordination Points, Structures and Structural Holes in Digital Networks
Ali Fisher: Mappa Mundi
Alias Detection for Securing Illegitimate Internet Usage
Muniba Shaikh: University of Southern Denmark
Chair: John Doyle: Dublin City University
Irish Republicanism and the Internet: Is Dissident Propaganda Online Promoting a Return to 'The Troubles'?
Lorraine Bowman-Grieve: Leeds Trinity University College
Real(ly) Dissident? ‘Friends’ of Dissident Irish Republican ‘New Media’ Channels
Lisa McInerney: Dublin City University
Can ICTs Facilitate Positive Intergroup Contact in Divided Societies? A Preliminary Exploration of How Community Workers in Northern Irish Interface Areas View the Internet
Paul Reilly: University of Leicester
Chair: Shiera Malik: DePaul University
Smart Film and the Internet
Pat Brereton: Dublin City University
Ubislam: Are Arabic Video Games Really Different from Euro-American Games?
Pierre-Alain Clément: University of Quebec
Terrorism and New Media: The Case of the Graphic Novel
Elaine Martin: University of Alabama
Chair: Pat Brereton: Dublin City University
The Unknown Communicators? A Typology of Terrorist-Media-Relations
Andreas Elter: Macromedia Hoscschule
Working the Front Lines in Washington D.C.: Terrorism Reporting by the National Security Prestige Press in a Digital Age
Heather Epkins: University of Maryland
Terrorism is Theatre, Is It Not? The Impact of the Internet on the ‘Terrorism is Theatre’ Model of Media Reporting on Terrorism
Janina Skrzypek: University of St. Andrews
Chair: Francesco Cavatorta: Dublin City University
Terrorism and the Internet: The Case of Morocco
Valentina Bartolucci: University of Bradford
Radical Markers: Using Governance Modes to Characterise Online Communities
David Cook: Edith Cowan University
From Lords of War to Leaders in Society: How Former Liberian Warlords have used the Media to Reframe Themselves
Geraldine O'Mahony: University of Wisconsin-Madison
Perspectives on Media/Internet and Countering Violent Extremism: Lessons from Four Country Case Experiences (Russia, Turkey, Jordan, Italy)
Sharyl Cross: Marshall Center for Security Studies
Chair: Phil Seib: University of Southern California
‘Neojihadism’ and YouTube: Patani Militant Propaganda Dissemination and Radicalization
Virginie Andre: Monash University
Radicalisation on the Internet: The case of GIMF
Daniela Pisoiu: University of Hamburg
Al-Manar: Terrorist, Belligerent, or Hate-Peddler? Western Responses to New Media Challengers
Joshua Saidoff: University of Southern California
Chair: Sharyl Cross: Marshall Center for Security Studies
New Media, New Generation, "New" Middle East? The Hizbollah Case
Maura Conway: Dublin City University
The E-Marketing Strategy of Hamas: Applying E-marketing Models in the Study of Terror Group Websites
Tomer Mozes-Sadeh: University of Haifa
Gabriel Weimann: University of Haifa
Hizb ut-Tahrir Online: Transnational or National Recruiting Strategies?
Kirstine Sinclair: University of Southern Denmark
Chair: John Davis: Space and Missile Defense Command
Contextual Truth-Telling to Counter Extremist-Supportive Messaging Online: The Wikileaks Case Study
Larisa Breton: George Washington University
Adam Pearson: The White Canvas Group
Terrorism in Video Games and the Storytelling War against Extremism
Justin Rashid: University of Southern California
Counter-Narratives in New Media
Scott Ruston: Arizona State University
Jeffry Halverson: Arizona State University
Home Grown Jihad: Fantasy Theme Analysis of Islamist Rhetoric Targeting Western Audiences
Kristin Fleischer: Arizona State University
Chair: Eileen Connolly: Dublin City University
In Defense of Honor: Women and Terrorist Recruitment
Mia Bloom: Pennsylvania State University
Online Jihadi Networks: A Role for Females in the ‘Conversion of Infidels’?
Maura Conway: Dublin City University
Lisa McInerney: Dublin City University
Gender and Violent Online Jihadism: Exploring Power, Post-Industrialism and the Internet
Maura Conway: Dublin City University
Shiera Malik: De Paul University
Chair: Sadhbh McCarthy: Centre for Irish and European Security
The Irony of U.S. Internet Governance and Security Policy: Meatspace vs. Cyberspace
Ryan Kiggins: University of Florida
Anti Social Networking? Asymmetric Warfare Online
Paul G. Nixon: The Hague University of Applied Sciences
Ajash Rawal: The Hague University of Applied Sciences
Anonymity:A Battleground or a Right?
Sebastian Wolfgarten: European Central Bank
Renaat Verbruggen: Dublin City University
Chair: Matt Warren: Deakin University
Communication, Mobilization, Direct Action: German Extremists and their Way Through the Digital Sphere
Stephan Humer: Berlin University of the Arts
Rumour Detection in Information Warfare: Understanding Publishing Behaviours as a Prerequisite
François Nel: Thales
Ethical and Legal Questions Surrounding Academic Research of Online Terrorist Radicalization: A UK Experience
Ted Reynolds: University of St. Andrew’s
Chair: Ken McDonagh: Dublin City University
(Re)Producing Density: Virtual Spaces of Islamist Extremism
Jeremy Kowalski: York University, Canada
Pirate Culture and Hacktivist Mobilization: Discourses of Collective Action and Conflict in Online Forums
Simon Lindgren: Umeå University
Ragnar Lundström: Umeå University
Event Iconics: Terrorism Rhetorics, New Media Informatics, and Virtual Warfare
Steven John Thompson: Clemson University
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Chair: Maura Conway: Dublin City University
EU Security Funding: An Overview (TBC)
Michael Murphy: Enterprise Ireland
