Structural Analysis of ISIS Supporter's Network on Tweeter: A Case Study
Using Social Network Analysis (SNA), the present article explored a network containing 7885 people and 9927 ties among Arab-speaking ISIS supporters on Twitter. The aim of this research was to explore the structure of the relationship among previously mentioned users, investigate the advantages and...
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| author | Milad Mir Mohamad Sadeghi Abdul Ali Ghavam Afsaneh Mozaffari |
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| description | Using Social Network Analysis (SNA), the present article explored a network containing 7885 people and 9927 ties among Arab-speaking ISIS supporters on Twitter. The aim of this research was to explore the structure of the relationship among previously mentioned users, investigate the advantages and disadvantages of this structure for ISIS, and identify the key nodes based on centrality measures. Based on the findings of this study, the network of the Arab-speaking ISIS supporters in Twitter during February and March 2019 consisted of a decentralized deep structure with a long diameter and clusters which had a weak tie with one another and the whole network. This structure could lead to flexibility, stability, and agility of the network and it could also preserve the anonymity of the key ISIS supporters. The researchers determined the nodes with the highest centrality scores and divided the ISIS supporters into 3 distinctive groups: key users, connectors, and followers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a0b081893ae84cfb9f3d18f30921ed8e2023-12-13T10:28:16ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University Pressمطالعات رسانههای نوین2538-22092476-65502021-03-0172513410710.22054/nms.2021.47707.85413375Structural Analysis of ISIS Supporter's Network on Tweeter: A Case StudyMilad Mir Mohamad Sadeghi0Abdul Ali Ghavam1Afsaneh Mozaffari2PhD student in Social Communication Sciences, Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran.Professor of International Relations department, Faculty of Law and Political Science, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran. SupervisorAssistant Prof., Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Islamic Azad University Science and Research Branch ,Tehran, Iran.Using Social Network Analysis (SNA), the present article explored a network containing 7885 people and 9927 ties among Arab-speaking ISIS supporters on Twitter. The aim of this research was to explore the structure of the relationship among previously mentioned users, investigate the advantages and disadvantages of this structure for ISIS, and identify the key nodes based on centrality measures. Based on the findings of this study, the network of the Arab-speaking ISIS supporters in Twitter during February and March 2019 consisted of a decentralized deep structure with a long diameter and clusters which had a weak tie with one another and the whole network. This structure could lead to flexibility, stability, and agility of the network and it could also preserve the anonymity of the key ISIS supporters. The researchers determined the nodes with the highest centrality scores and divided the ISIS supporters into 3 distinctive groups: key users, connectors, and followers.https://nms.atu.ac.ir/article_13375_0e35aebf15c3a0482599710843c4baf6.pdfisisterrorismsocial networktwittersocial network analysis |
| spellingShingle | Milad Mir Mohamad Sadeghi Abdul Ali Ghavam Afsaneh Mozaffari Structural Analysis of ISIS Supporter's Network on Tweeter: A Case Study مطالعات رسانههای نوین isis terrorism social network social network analysis |
| title | Structural Analysis of ISIS Supporter's Network on Tweeter: A Case Study |
| title_full | Structural Analysis of ISIS Supporter's Network on Tweeter: A Case Study |
| title_fullStr | Structural Analysis of ISIS Supporter's Network on Tweeter: A Case Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Structural Analysis of ISIS Supporter's Network on Tweeter: A Case Study |
| title_short | Structural Analysis of ISIS Supporter's Network on Tweeter: A Case Study |
| title_sort | structural analysis of isis supporter s network on tweeter a case study |
| topic | isis terrorism social network social network analysis |
| url | https://nms.atu.ac.ir/article_13375_0e35aebf15c3a0482599710843c4baf6.pdf |
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