RADIKALIZAM I EKSTREMIZAM NA INTERNETU
RADICALISM AND EXTREMISM ON THE INTERNET

Summary/Abstract: Internet and the services it offers, allow violent extremists to expand the functionalities of their propaganda efforts beyond the boundaries of the traditional, mainstream media. In many countries, government agencies and the academic community have concluded, based on developments in international terrorism, that the Internet plays a certain role in the radicalization of individuals and their involvement in extremist violence. The literature on extremism and radicalization recognizes the role of the Internet in the process of individual radicalization towards extremist ideologies, hoping that a complete understanding of this phenomenon is still developing. The research of this phenomenon is mainly carried out through an analysis of the content in which the extremist groups use the Internet and its services in their communication and strategies for recruiting new followers. The researchers also developed the Internet-mediated radicalization model -RECRO with five phases that provides a basis for understanding and information-based assessment of the level of individual involvement and paving the way for future empirical work. These opportunities of the Internet are also used by protagonists of radical and extremist ideas in the Republic of Serbia and in the Western Balkans. At the same time, Internet also offers significant opportunities for de-radicalization. In this review work, based on an analysis of relevant sources, state of art and current academic findings on this topic will be presented.

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