Terrorism Online

<p>This book investigates the intersection of terrorism digital technologies and cyberspace. </p><p>The evolving field of cyber-terrorism research is dominated by single-perspective technological political or sociological texts. In contrast Terrorism Online uses a multi-disciplinary framework to provide a broader introduction to debates and developments that have largely been conducted in isolation. Drawing together key academics from a range of disciplinary fields including Computer Science Engineering Social Psychology International Relations Law and Politics the volume focuses on three broad themes: 1) how – and why – do terrorists engage with the Internet digital technologies and cyberspace?; 2) what threat do these various activities pose and to whom?; 3) how might these activities be prevented deterred or addressed? Exploring these themes the book engages with a range of contemporary case studies and different forms of terrorism: from lone-actor terrorists and protest activities associated with ‘hacktivist’ groups to state-based terrorism. Through the book’s engagement with questions of law politics technology and beyond the volume offers a holistic approach to cyberterrorism which provides a unique and invaluable contribution to this subject matter. </p><p>This book will be of great interest to students of cybersecurity security studies terrorism and International Relations.</p>