The devil's long tail : religious and other radicals in the internet marketplace / / David Stevens and Keiron O'Hara

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910798192303321
• Autore: Stevens David (Lecturer in political theory)
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015; ©2015
• ISBN: 0-19-061296-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (316 p.)
• Disciplina: 303.5
• Soggetti: Extremist Web sites; Radicalism - Computer network resources; Religious fanaticism - Computer network resources; Internet - Religious aspects; Internet - Social aspects; Internet - Political aspects; Internet - Access control; Freedom of information
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Structure and argument; Part I; 1. Religion and the Internet: Some Initial Concepts; Double-click on paradise; Thinking about religion; Thinking about the Internet and the Web; Religion and the Internet; 2. The Polarisation of Online Debate; Villagey globalism; Alone together with digital anomie; The echo chamber of positive feedback; Non-violent and violent engagement; 3. Interventionist Policy Strategies; CONTEST and Prevent; The online component of radicalisation; Problems with Prevent; Legitimacy; Conclusion to Part IPart II; 4. Religion as a Marketplace; From fleeing the lynch mob to running for president; What good is religion?; The market for religious ideas; Religion, moderation and socialisation; The persistence of radicalism and the radicalism of persistence; The CSC and implications for policy; Taking the market model further; 5. The Supply Side: Framing and the Construction of the Centre Ground; ; Framing in action; A house built on shifting sand; Three examples; Online cognitive restructuring; 6. The Demand Side: The Club Model; Pascalian wagers for high stakes; The development of preferencesFive types of religious commitment; 7. The Demand Side: The Motivations of Suicide Bombers; Taking it to the extreme; Suicide Bombing; Specific to Islam?; Constituency costs of violence; The lure of violence; Conclusion to Part II; Part III; 8. The Long Tail; The long-tail thesis; Fitting the model; The democratisation of the forces of distribution; The Devil's long tail?; 9. Echo Chambers and Long Tails: A Critical Examination; How long was that tail again?; Echo chambers revisited; The networked individual; Changing minds; Conclusion; 10. The Hardest Thing; What not to doWhat to do; Conclusion: saving cyberspace; Notes; Index