New Face of Online Extremism

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Perspectives from an Interdisciplinary Field

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

Av Mark Littler, Elanie Rodermond, Mark (Liverpool Hope University) Littler

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The New Face of Online Extremism offers an overview of cutting-edge empirical research around the intersection of extremism and the internet and addresses the challenges and opportunities faced by researchers working on online extremism.This book brings together prominent contemporary contributors who examine several novel and under-researched expressions of online extremism, including Crypto financed, conspiracy, neo-Luddite, Covid, and Incel groups. The chapters address the challenges of contemporary online extremism research and provide insights for policy makers and regulators as well as ideas for future research. While changing social and technological processes have facilitated novel uses of technology by extremists, the book highlights the capacity of these shifts to be utilized by academics to support innovative research.The New Face of Online Extremism is an important contribution to evidence-based prevention and intervention programmes, and is a key resource for students and scholars, as well as professionals working in security and social domains.

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Utgivningsdatum2026-03-02
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
Vikt453 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Studies in Digital Extremism
Antal sidor176
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9781032753416

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Mark Littler is Professor of Criminology at the University of Greenwich, UK. His research focuses on online environments, processes of radicalization, and policy responses to extremism. He is co-chair of the European Society of Criminology Working Group on Radicalization, Extremism, and Terrorism (WG-EXTREME), Associate Editor of Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression and Perspectives on Terrorism, and Series Editor for Routledge Studies in Digital Extremism.Elanie Rodermond is Associate Professor in Criminology at the Criminal Law and Criminology department of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands and researcher at the Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement (NSCR). Her research focuses on the life course, criminal career and reentry experiences of offenders, most notably extremist and terrorist offenders. Elanie is coordinator of the Criminology Master programme, co-chair of the European Society of Criminology Working Group on Radicalization, Extremism, and Terrorism (WG-EXTREME, associate editor of Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression and editor of the Dutch journal Sancties [Sanctions].

1: Introduction 2: Anti-Technology Extremism and the Pandemic: Covid-19 as a Force Multiplier of Online Narrative 3: Conspiracy Narratives and Disinformation: Catalysts of Extremism and Threats to Democracy 4: Exploring Patterns of Online Posting Behaviours among Non-Violent Group Actors. A Study on the Narratives of Islamist, Far-Right and Eco-Radical Groups in the UK (2016-2021)5: Cryptocurrency and the Financing of Right-Wing Extremism: A Blockchain-Based Analysis6: Covid -19 and Online Extremism: Key Themes in Extremism Research7: Maladaptive Responses of the Failed Male: The Journey Towards Extreme Incel Ideology8: Unpacking the Ethics of Research in Online Extremism Studies: Four Points for Consideration by Ethics Reviewers9: Archives in the Cloud: Opportunities, Challenges and Methods in Engaging with Online Sources as Archives