Mapping White Identity Terrorism and Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism : A Social Network Analysis of Online Activity.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Heather J.

Contributor:

Matthews, Luke J.

Moore, Pauline.

DeNardo, Matthew A.

Marrone, James V.

Jackson, Brian A.

Marcellino, William.

Helmus, Todd C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Extremists--United States.

Extremists.

Radicalism--Social aspects--United States.

Radicalism.

White supremacy movements--United States.

White supremacy movements.

Social media--Political aspects--United States.

Social media.

Social media--Political aspects.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Mapping White Identity Terrorism and Racially or Ethnically Motivated Violent Extremism

Place of Publication:

Santa Monica : RAND Corporation, The, 2022.

Summary:

Racially or ethnically motivated violent extremism (REMVE) and extremists (REMVEs) present some of the most pressing threats to the United States. REMVE also has been identified as the White identity terrorist movement (WITM). REMVEs are among the most lethal domestic violent extremists, and they are the most likely to commit mass-casualty attacks. These movements are characterized by a broad ideological orientation toward xenophobic, anti-Semitic, racist, and misogynistic sentiment. For this report, the authors reviewed the relevant literature on REMVE networks and collected and analyzed social media data from six social networks (Twitter, Reddit, Gab, Ruqqus, Telegram, and Stormfront) to produce a global network map of the digital REMVE space. That network map evaluates each network's construction, connectivity, geographic location, references to prominent organizations, and proclivity to violence. The authors also reviewed ten countries' experiences with REMVE to sketch out an understanding of the REMVE space in these countries and how REMVEs in those countries relate to those in the United States.

Contents:

CHAPTER ONE: Overview

CHAPTER TWO: Literature Review

CHAPTER THREE: Network Analysis of WITM and REMVE

CHAPTER FOUR: Country Case Studies

CHAPTER FIVE: Conclusion and Opportunities for Impact

APPENDIX A: White Genocide Terms

APPENDIX B: Triangulating Platform Antisociality: Dark Triad by Sentiment

APPENDIX C: Longitudinal Analysis of Highest-Scoring Dark Triad Communities Across Platforms

APPENDIX D: Simulations of Deplatforming or Other Counter-REMVE Action in Online Networks

APPENDIX E: Religion and Christianity Keywords Applied to Twitter

APPENDIX F: Dendrogram of Lexical Similarities by Location on Twitter.

Notes:

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OCLC:

1349358431