A systematic review of worldwide causal and correlational evidence on digital media and democracy

P Lorenz-Spreen, L Oswald, S Lewandowsky… - Nature human …, 2023 - nature.com
One of today's most controversial and consequential issues is whether the global uptake of
digital media is causally related to a decline in democracy. We conducted a systematic …

[HTML][HTML] The dark side of language models: Exploring the potential of llms in multimedia disinformation generation and dissemination

D Barman, Z Guo, O Conlan - Machine Learning with Applications, 2024 - Elsevier
Disinformation-the deliberate spread of false or misleading information poses a significant
threat to our society by undermining trust, exacerbating polarization, and manipulating …

Fake news: The effects of social media disinformation on domestic terrorism

JA Piazza - Dynamics of Asymmetric Conflict, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study tests whether social media disinformation contributes to domestic terrorism within
countries. I theorize that disinformation disseminated by political actors online through social …

A data-driven understanding of left-wing extremists on social media

U Balcı, M Sirivianos, J Blackburn - arXiv preprint arXiv:2307.06981, 2023 - arxiv.org
Social media's role in the spread and evolution of extremism is a focus of intense study.
Online extremists have been involved in the spread of online hate, mis/disinformation, and …

What are the effects of different elements of media on radicalization outcomes? A systematic review

M Wolfowicz, B Hasisi… - Campbell systematic …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Background Most national counter‐radicalization strategies identify the media, and
particularly the Internet as key sources of risk for radicalization. However, the magnitude of …

Reviewing the role of the Internet in radicalization processes

Ö Odag, A Leiser, K Boehnke - Journal for deradicalization, 2019 - journals.sfu.ca
This review presents the existing research on the role of the Internet in radicalization
processes. Using a systematic literature search strategy, our paper yields 88 studies on the …

Fears of cyberterrorism, terrorism, and terrorist attacks: an empirical comparison

I Onat, MF Bastug, A Guler, S Kula - Behavioral Sciences of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The goals of this study are to identify the determinants of the fear of cyberterrorism and to
compare these to the determinants of the fear of terrorism as well as the fear of a terrorist …

Threat construction and framing of cyberterrorism in the US News Media

MF Bastug, I Onat, A Guler - International Journal of Cybersecurity …, 2023 - vc.bridgew.edu
This research aims to explore the influence of news media on the fear of cyberterrorism and
how cyberterrorism is framed in the media. Using a mixed-method approach as a research …

Fear of terrorism and fear of violent crimes in the United States: a comparative analysis

I Onat, A Guler, S Kula, MF Bastug - Crime & Delinquency, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The purpose of this study was to compare Americans' fear of terrorism to fear of violent
crimes (ie, murder, mass shooting, and gang violence). Previous research suggested that …

Deconstructing Fears of Terrorism: A Comparison between Fear from Domestic and International Terrorist Groups

A Guler, I Onat, MF Bastug - Terrorism and Political Violence, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Although research on fears of terrorism has been growing, previous studies approached the
topic of the fear of terrorism as a monolithic concept without considering the various political …