Researchers call on science fiction to understand extremist psychology
Deakin University researchers have used science fiction to understand terrorist propaganda techniques in an innovative study.
Social Sciences
Feb 5, 2018
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Research reveals partisan media's influence on people's views
Researchers in Brock's Department of Psychology are investigating how partisan news can affect people's views on polarizing social and political issues, regardless of their existing attitudes or ideologies.
Social Sciences
Jun 1, 2022
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The group dynamics that make terrorist teams work
Acts of terrorism are harrowing and can cause extensive damage and tragic deaths, and they have been occurring with alarming frequency over the last decade.
Social Sciences
Jan 4, 2019
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After years in shadows, France wants legal data monitoring (Update)
France's government pressed Thursday to legalize broad surveillance of terrorism suspects with a measure that would allow intelligence services to vacuum up metadata in hopes of preventing imminent attacks.
Internet
Mar 19, 2015
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Does terrorism work? We studied 90 groups to get the answer
The famous Christmas Market in Strasbourg, France, became the latest place to be struck by terrorists.
Political science
Dec 19, 2018
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Study finds US Islamist extremist co-offenders form close-knit groups driven by mutual contacts, homophily effects
The formation of relationships within violent US Islamist extremist groups is highly driven by mutual contacts and the tendency for people to bond with others similar to themselves, according to new research.
Social Sciences
Jun 5, 2024
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Refugees value Facebook above most anything, may fall prey to terrorists
The CARA di Mineo refugee camp sits on the road between Catania and the town of Gela in Italy. Rows of square, prefabricated houses painted in shades of yellow and orange line up like soldiers, standing guard over the rural ...
Social Sciences
Aug 26, 2015
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COVID-19 restrictions unexpectedly reduced Islamic State violence—political science experts explain why
World leaders and policy experts at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic feared that the health crisis might make the world more dangerous. They worried specifically that terrorist organizations like the Islamic State group ...
Social Sciences
Feb 16, 2023
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Tracking the working dogs of 9/11
When veterinarian Cynthia Otto was in Manhattan in the wake of the 9/11 attacks helping support the search and rescue dogs, she heard rumors about the possible impact on the dogs' long-term health.
Veterinary medicine
Sep 21, 2020
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Study highlights how little we know about women terrorists
The first large-scale research project evaluating the characteristics of women involved in jihadism-inspired terrorism finds significant differences between men and women in both their backgrounds and their roles within terrorist ...
Social Sciences
Apr 29, 2019
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