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Terrorists fight their wars in cyberspace as well as on
the ground. However, while politicians and the media
have hotly debated the dangers that cyberterrorism
poses to the Internet, surprisingly little is known
about the threat posed by terrorists’ use of the
Internet. Today, as this report makes plain, terrorist
organizations and their supporters maintain hundreds
of websites, exploiting the unregulated, anonymous,
and easily accessible nature of the Internet to target
an array of messages to a variety of audiences. Gabriel
Weimann identifies no fewer than eight different ways
in which terrorists are using the Internet to advance
their cause, ranging from psychological warfare to
recruitment, networking to fundraising. In each
case, the report not only analyzes how the Internet
can facilitate terrorist operations but also illustrates
the point with examples culled from an extensive
exploration of the World Wide Web.
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Author Biography
Gabriel Weimann is a senior fellow at the United States Institute of Peace and professor of communication at Haifa University, Israel. He has written widely on modern terrorism, political campaigns, and the mass media. This report distills some of the findings from an ongoing, six-year study of terrorists’ use of the Internet.
United States Institute of Peace
The United States Insitute of Peace was created by the US congress as a federally funded press creating works to prevent and resolve global conflict by providing education and resources to work towards peace.
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Bibliographic Information
- Publisher United States Institute of Peace
- Publication Date March 2004
- Orginal LanguageEnglish
- ISBN/Identifier 9781601275554
- Publication Country or regionUnited States
- FormatPaperback
- Pages12
- ReadershipProfessional and Scholarly
- Publish StatusPublished
- SeriesSpecial Report
- Series Part116
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