Islamist communities on Vkontakte: Identification mechanisms and network structure
This article examines the presence of extremist online communities on the Russian social network VKontakte following the tightening by Russian federal аuthorities of internet counter-extremism policies and censorship. Extremist communities were detected using linguistic markers for extremist attitud...
| Published in: | Europe-Asia studies Vol. 72, № 5. P. 863-893 |
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| Other Authors: | , , , , |
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | http://vital.lib.tsu.ru/vital/access/manager/Repository/vtls:000792272 Перейти в каталог НБ ТГУ |
| Summary: | This article examines the presence of extremist online communities on the Russian social network VKontakte following the tightening by Russian federal аuthorities of internet counter-extremism policies and censorship. Extremist communities were detected using linguistic markers for extremist attitudes and radical violence. The study of socio-demographic data and network metrics of Islamist extremist communities reveals some general tendencies in the Russian context: a majority of female participants, a highly decentralised community network structure, radical Salafism as the mainstream ideology and covert proselytisation through the discussion of Islamic theology and lifestyle issues that are not in themselves extremist. |
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| Bibliography: | Библиогр.: с. 892-893 |
| ISSN: | 0966-8136 |