Similarities between terrorist networks in antiquity and present-day cyberterrorist networks |
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Authors: | Jonathan Matusitz |
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Institution: | (1) Nicholson School of Communication, University of Central Florida, Heathrow Campus, 600 Colonial Center Parkway, Lake Mary, FL 32746, USA |
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Abstract: | This paper analyzes the similarities between terrorist networks in Antiquity and cyberterrorist networks today. By establishing
comparisons between networks from two classes of terrorists whose actions were recorded 2,000 years apart, this paper adds
substance to the understanding of the superiority of networks to archetypical organizational structures (i.e., with a hierarchically-based
order). By identifying three major factors, many analogies can be drawn, based on empirical statements found throughout this
analysis, between cyberterrorist networks in this day and age and terrorist networks in Antiquity. Those factors are (1) similar
patterns of communication, (2) similar connections and kinship webs, and (3) similar obstacles. |
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Keywords: | Antiquity Communication Cyberterrorism Internet Networks Terrorism Zealots |
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