Narratives of Risk: Assessing the Discourse of Online Extremism and Measures Proposed to Counter It

Matti Pohjonen; Reem Ahmed

doi:10.5771/0175-274X-2016-4-236

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- 231–262 TH EMENS CHWE R PUNK T 231–262
  - 231–235 Leveraging the Voices of Social Media for Peace and Security Rebecca K. LeFebvre Rebecca K. LeFebvre 231–235
  - 236–241 Narratives of Risk: Assessing the Discourse of Online Extremism and Measures Proposed to Counter It Matti Pohjonen, Reem Ahmed Matti Pohjonen, Reem Ahmed 236–241
  - 242–247 Happenings Foreseen: Social Media and the Predictive Policing of Riots Clemens Binder Clemens Binder 242–247
  - 248–252 Networked Authoritarianism Is on the Rise Tobias Burgers, David R. S. Robinson Tobias Burgers, David R. S. Robinson 248–252
  - 253–256 Zur Verantwortung der Informatik in einer technologisierten Gesellschaft Thomas Reinhold Thomas Reinhold 253–256
  - 257–262 The Future of UAVs: Lessons From the ‘Great War’ Michael Ashkenazi Michael Ashkenazi 257–262
- 263–269 BEITRÄGE AUS SICHERHEITSPOLITIK UND 263–269
  - Foreign Terrorist Fighters: Perspectives from Islamic Organizations in France and Great Britain Imène Ajala, Francesco Candino, Linda Fouad Imène Ajala, Francesco Candino, Linda Fouad
- 270–270 NEUERSCHEINUNGEN 270–270
- 271–276 BESPRECHUNGEN 271–276
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S&F Sicherheit und Frieden , page 236 - 241

Narratives of Risk: Assessing the Discourse of Online Extremism and Measures Proposed to Counter It

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Matti Pohjonen Reem Ahmed

DOI
- doi.org/10.5771/0175-274X-2016-4-236
- ISSN: 0175-274X
- ISSN online: 0175-274x
Abstract

The discourse surrounding digital technologies is rapidly changing, namely from an entity with the potential to generate positive political change to one that can be abused by extremists. In light of this, a new “dispositif” of risk has emerged whereby governments are seeking to address the imagined dangers posed by digital technology through a series of pre-emptive measures. By examining how the relationship between digital technology and violent extremism has been articulated in the EU’s counter-terrorism policy, this article argues that critical distance is now needed from both these utopian and/or dystopian conceptualisations of digital technology and conflict.
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