Comments on: Online Mobilization by Radical Groups http://comops.org/journal/2009/11/07/online-mobilization-by-radical-groups/ A Journal of the Consortium for Strategic Communication Thu, 11 Mar 2010 10:00:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steveo http://comops.org/journal/2009/11/07/online-mobilization-by-radical-groups/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Steveo Sun, 08 Nov 2009 05:06:41 +0000 http://comops.org/journal/?p=1629#comment-299 Dear Stevens, Thanks for let us know about this article... it seems like a good reading. Regarding your quote : "If the study’s findings generalize, then radicals are perhaps most likely to mobilize as a result of online participation when they are in a social milieu that contains a lot of political diversity"... I would advise you if can to get this article: Dale T. Miller a, Kimberly Rios Morrison, "Expressing deviant opinions: Believing you are in the majority help", Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 45 (2009) 740–747 I think that what is important for radicalisation is a mix bewteen: 1) being in a social milieu that contains a lot of political diversity and 2) believing that in fact you are part of the majority... I think more research should be done about diversity being/majority believing... Steveo Dear Stevens,

Thanks for let us know about this article… it seems like a good reading.

Regarding your quote : “If the study’s findings generalize, then radicals are perhaps most likely to mobilize as a result of online participation when they are in a social milieu that contains a lot of political diversity”… I would advise you if can to get this article: Dale T. Miller a, Kimberly Rios Morrison, “Expressing deviant opinions: Believing you are in the majority help”, Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 45 (2009) 740–747

I think that what is important for radicalisation is a mix bewteen: 1) being in a social milieu that contains a lot of political diversity and 2) believing that in fact you are part of the majority…

I think more research should be done about diversity being/majority believing…

Steveo

]]> By: Tim Stevens http://comops.org/journal/2009/11/07/online-mobilization-by-radical-groups/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Tim Stevens Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:59:37 +0000 http://comops.org/journal/?p=1629#comment-298 Steve, You might also be interested in this recent article: Lorraine Grieve, 'Exploring "Stormfront": A Virtual Community of the Radical Right', <em>Studies in Conflict and Terrorism</em>, Vol.32, No.11 (Nov 2009), pp.989-1007 [<a href="http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a916105641" rel="nofollow">link</a>] Steve,

You might also be interested in this recent article: Lorraine Grieve, ‘Exploring “Stormfront”: A Virtual Community of the Radical Right’, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, Vol.32, No.11 (Nov 2009), pp.989-1007 [link]

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