THE ROLE OF SOCIAL NETWORKS IN THE WORK OF TERRORIST GROUPS. THE CASE OF ISIS AND AL-QAEDA

ONLINE MEDIUM HAS BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT IN EVERYONE'S LIFE, WHETHER IT IS FOR PERSONAL, BUSINESS OR JUST FOR FUN. THE NUMBER OF INFORMATION CIRCULATING ON THE INTERNET IS HUGE, WHICH INCREASES FROM DAY TO DAY. AS A CONSEQUENCE THE NUMBER OF SITES HAS INCREASED AND THE NEED FOR EASIER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN PEOPLE ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD, TOOK BIRTH AND SOCIAL NETWORKS, ONLINE PLATFORMS THAT HAVE EMERGED PRECISELY FROM A DESIRE TO SHARE INFORMATION, COMMUNICATION AND SOCIALIZATION AMONG VARIOUS USERS. THEIR POPULARITY GREW IMMEDIATELY AND SITES LIKE FACEBOOK, TWITTER, INSTAGRAM, GOOGLE+, YOUTUBE HAVE INCREASED THE NUMBER OF USERS FROM DAY TO DAY. DUE TO THE ADVANTAGES OF THE ONL INE, SUCH AS ANONYMITY AND DISSEMINATE INFORMATION IN A SHORT TIME AND ON A GLOBAL SCALE, MEMBERS OF TERRORIST GROUPS HAVE TURNED TO VIRTUAL, ONE NOT DEFINED BY PHYSICAL BORDERS AND OFFER THEM NOTORIETY THEY NEED. TERRORISTS HAVE CHOSEN SOCIAL NETWORKS IN PARTICULAR DUE TO THE NUMBER OF USERS, ENSURING THAT THE INFORMATION, NEWS, MOVIE OR ANY MEDIA CONTENT DISTRIBUTED BY THEM, WILL REACH A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE.

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