Social Media

This paper focuses on social network analysis (SNA) for the purposes of community detection using a hybrid graph-based tag clustering scheme (HGC). The authors present a novel scheme for graph-based clustering with the goal of identifying groups of related tags in folksonomies.

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This article outlines a semi-automated approach for analyzing the content and structure of online hate groups active on blogging platforms.

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This 2013 article focuses on identifying and measuring the influence of extremist accounts on Twitter, assessing extremist content, and determining ways to counter violent extremism (CVE) in online social networks.

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This article focuses on the problem of identifying influential Twitter users using Machine Learning (ML) techniques and Natural Language Processing (NLP).

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This seminal 1991 article examines the strategic applications of network analysis methodologies for law enforcement.

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This 2014 paper presents a web-crawler called the Terrorism and Extremism Network Extractor (TENE), designed to gather information about extremist activities on the Internet.

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This 2013 book aims to inform government decision-makers, security analysts, and activists on how to use the social world to improve security locally, nationally, globally, and cost-effectively.

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This 2013 paper introduces a methodology that incorporates information available on terrorist networks, into the analysis of social networks underlying terrorist groups.

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This 2013 paper focuses on the modelling of terrorist networks online and addresses changes in technology and the associated creation of new security dynamics and threats.

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This 2014 report by the International Centre for the Study of Radicalization and Political Violence (ICSR) presents the findings of a 12-month study on the social media profiles of 190 Western and European foreign fighters.

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