Jihadist Web Postings and Popular Social Media: A Forensic Psychological Analysis

Authors

Jessica Mueller, Alliant International University
Christine Collins
David B. Ross, Nova Southeastern UniversityFollow
Rande Matteson, Saint Leo UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2015

Abstract

The development of the Internet has made it easy for individuals to communicate with others around the world, especially with the increased ease of social media. The Internet is used for interpersonal communication such as social media, meeting new people in chat rooms, joining interest distribution lists, among others leisure activities (Lennings, Amon, Brummert, & Lennings, 2010). According to Pew Research (2014), 74% of adults, with 89% of individuals ages 18-29 using social media extensively. This statistic is particularly important as it is estimated approximately 70% of the individuals recruited to engage in terrorism are ages 18 to 23 (Lennings et al., 2010).

NSUWorks Citation

Mueller, Jessica; Collins, Christine; Ross, David B.; and Matteson, Rande, "Jihadist Web Postings and Popular Social Media: A Forensic Psychological Analysis" (2015). Faculty Articles. 247.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/fse_facarticles/247