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Islamist Communities on VKontakte: Identification Mechanisms and Network Structure

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  • Mikhail Myagkov
  • Sergey I. Chudinov
  • Vitaliy V. Kashpur
  • Vyacheslav L. Goiko
  • Evgeny V. Shchekotin

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This article examines the presence of extremist online communities on the Russian social network VKontakte following the tightening by Russian federal аuthorities of internet counter-extremism policies and censorship. Extremist communities were detected using linguistic markers for extremist attitudes and radical violence. The study of socio-demographic data and network metrics of Islamist extremist communities reveals some general tendencies in the Russian context: a majority of female participants, a highly decentralised community network structure, radical Salafism as the mainstream ideology and covert proselytisation through the discussion of Islamic theology and lifestyle issues that are not in themselves extremist.

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  • Mikhail Myagkov & Sergey I. Chudinov & Vitaliy V. Kashpur & Vyacheslav L. Goiko & Evgeny V. Shchekotin, 2020. "Islamist Communities on VKontakte: Identification Mechanisms and Network Structure," Europe-Asia Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 72(5), pages 863-893, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:ceasxx:v:72:y:2020:i:5:p:863-893
    DOI: 10.1080/09668136.2019.1694645
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