Social Media and Domestic Radicalization

Social media has become a potent tool for spreading extremist beliefs and promoting violent extremism. NIJ Social Science analyst Aisha Javed Qureshi joins writer-editor Paul Haskins for a conversation about how scientific research is helping law enforcement and other agencies understand and address this growing concern. Read the transcript.

Reading and Resources from NIJ:

• Domestic Extremists and Social Media: Study Finds Similarities, Differences in Web Habits of Those Engaged in Hate Crimes Vs. Violent Extremism
• Radicalization on the Internet: Virtual Extremism in the US from 2012-2017
• An Assessment of Extremist Groups Use of Web Forums, Social Media, and Technology to Enculturate and Radicalize Individuals to Violence
• Social Learning and Social Control in the Off and Online Pathways to Hate and Extremist Violence