Exploring the “Demand Side” of Online Radicalization: Evidence from the Canadian Context

Mehmet F. Bastug, Aziz Douai and Davut Akca

Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 2020, vol. 43, issue 7, 616-637

Abstract: We examined whether and how social media play a role in the process of radicalization, and whether and for what purposes extremists use social media after they become radicalized within a sample of fifty-one Canadian extremists. Differences between converts and non-converts in terms of their radicalization process, involvement in terrorism, and social media usage were also investigated. Data were collected from a combination of media reports via an in-depth LexisNexis search and court records obtained from The Canadian Legal Information Institute database. The results confirm that social media played a role either during or after the radicalization process of the majority of the sample and converts are more vulnerable to online radicalization than non-converts.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1080/1057610X.2018.1494409

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