Digital communication is starting to play a key role in the spread of fundamentalism - Groups such as ISIS show how profound the effects can be - ISIS use social media to encourage young people to join and commit terrorist attacks
Lesaca
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Undertook an ethnography - Christian fundamentalist groups use social media to promote ideologies - Found a "virtual church" was built around those who shared common beliefs - Leads to creation of religious movements with no central leader
Howard
2 of 5
New forms of communication are becoming more important when dealing with disasters - It changes the way authorities deal with disasters
Sutton, Palen and Shklovski
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Coined the term "the Facebook Effect" - Facebook has revolutionised the way the world uses the internet - It has changed the way that marketing, business, politics and communication is occurring on a global scale
Kirkpatrick
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If people want to commit a crime, they will do so with or without social media - Terrorist attacks happened before the advent of social media (eg the IRA)
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5 of 5
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Card 2
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Undertook an ethnography - Christian fundamentalist groups use social media to promote ideologies - Found a "virtual church" was built around those who shared common beliefs - Leads to creation of religious movements with no central leader
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Howard
Card 3
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New forms of communication are becoming more important when dealing with disasters - It changes the way authorities deal with disasters
Back
Card 4
Front
Coined the term "the Facebook Effect" - Facebook has revolutionised the way the world uses the internet - It has changed the way that marketing, business, politics and communication is occurring on a global scale
Back
Card 5
Front
If people want to commit a crime, they will do so with or without social media - Terrorist attacks happened before the advent of social media (eg the IRA)
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