He’s Got Friends in Online Places:

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" He’s Got Friends in Online Places: "
Stewart, Connor James Young, Jacob

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1105464
Doc. No	:	TLpq2311052319
Main Entry	:	Stewart, Connor James
	:	Young, Jacob
Title & Author	:	He’s Got Friends in Online Places:\ Stewart, Connor JamesYoung, Jacob
College	:	Arizona State University
Date	:	2019
student score	:	2019
Degree	:	M.S.
Page No	:	41
Abstract	:	Social media has become a significant aspect of American life and culture. Criminal groups including extremists of various ideological milieus have found social media useful in their recruitment efforts. Further, these online spaces allow extremists to easily interact with one another, reinforcing each other’s radical perspectives. Little research has examined social media’s role in radicalization and fewer studies have tested the differences between the radicalization processes of individuals espousing disparate ideologies. Using Profiles of Individual Radicalization in the United States, a data set of 804 extremist men, this study sets out to determine whether the role of social media in the radicalization process varies between Islamist and far right extremists using social learning as a theoretical framework. The results indicate no significant difference regarding the role of social media in radicalization between Islamists and far rightists. Additionally, the odds of having radical friends and family were much lower for Islamists than far rightists, suggesting only partial support for social learning theory as an explanation of radicalization.
Subject	:	Criminology
	:	Political science
	:	Psychology