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There is a growing interest among researchers, practitioners and policy makers to analyze the online activities of extremists and terrorists. As the number of studies in this research area increases, various data collection techniques have emerged to answer important research questions, ranging from manual extraction to computational tools to collect online information. This talk examines the strengths and limitations of commonly used data collection methods in online terrorism and extremism research. We draw on our research experiences and highlight ethical dilemmas with collection methods in practice. We then made suggestions for further research in this area.
For more information on data collection in online research into terrorism and extremism, see our recent article in Studies in Conflict & Terrorism as part of a special issue on the strengths and problems of different research methods into radicalization, extremism and terrorism: https: / /www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1057610X.2024.2361957?src=exp-la
Speakers:
Ryan Scrivens is an assistant professor at Michigan State University's School of Criminal Justice. He is also an Associate Director at the International CyberCrime Research Center at Simon Fraser University and a Research Fellow at the VOX-Pol Network of Excellence. He is the recipient of the 2022 Early Career Impact Award from the Division on Terrorism and Bias Crimes of the American Society of Criminology.
Steven Chermak is a professor at Michigan State University's School of Criminal Justice. He is the co-founder of several databases, including the Extremist Crime Database (ECDB), the Extremist Cybercrime Database (ECCD), and The American School Shooting Study (TASSS). He is the recipient of the 2021 Distinguished Scholar Award from the Division on Terrorism and Bias Crimes of the American Society of Criminology.
Presented by Suraj Lakhani
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