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Identifying individuals at risk of being radicalised via the internet

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In an effort to better understand the risk of individuals being radicalised via the internet, this paper re-examines the phenomenon of online radicalisation by focusing on four considerations of interest: individual, online environment, interactions between individual and the online environment, and protective elements. A key premise of the discussion presented is that the different theoretical assumptions and linkages underlying each consideration are not only reconcilable but that together they provide a more comprehensive understanding of assessing risk of radicalisation via the internet than any perspective by itself. Implications for operationalising these four considerations and their associated factors to identify individuals at risk of being radicalised via the internet will also be discussed.

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Neo, L.S., Dillon, L. & Khader, M. Identifying individuals at risk of being radicalised via the internet. Secur J 30, 1112–1133 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1057/s41284-016-0080-z

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