Researchers examine online networks used to recruit terrorists
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 - 07:20
in Psychology & Sociology
"Lone wolf" terrorists—individuals with no apparent ties to known extremist networks or conspiracies—have inflicted casualties in recent years and have drawn increasing attention from the law enforcement community. According to Peter Forster, senior lecturer at Penn State's College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST) at Penn State, the revolution in information technologies has empowered individuals to become "networked participants" that are ultimately incited to actual violence through virtual interactions with terrorist groups and their facilitators.