“Jihad Cool/Jihad Chic”: The Roles of the Internet and Imagined Relations in the Self-Radicalization of Colleen LaRose (Jihad Jane)

The internet provides the means through which a “self-activating terrorist” may first self-radicalize through some imaginary or sympathetic connection with an organized terrorist network. Additionally, the internet allows such a self-activating terrorist to move into the stage of radical violent act...

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Main Author: Caroline Joan S. Picart
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2015-04-01
Series:Societies
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/5/2/354