Radicalisation

Question 1

What is a radical?

Answer 1

person with deep desire for fundamental socio-political change and grow in readiness for action. But its complex and hard to understand which is why it is hard to counter.

Question 2

Explain Moghaddam’s Staircase model.

Answer 2

Explains process of radicalisation with the terrorist act at the top. “depends on doors person imagines to be open to them on that floor”

Question 3

What are the types of Individual radicalisation.

Answer 3

Personal grievance: result of perceived harm or injustice. Political grievance: result of threat to identified group. The process of radicalisation is transition of revenger against one perpetrator to class/category of people.

Question 4

What is de-individuation?

Answer 4

Process where individual loses identity as collective objective are prioritised.

Question 5

What is the Optimal Distinctiveness Theory?

Answer 5

People have 2 fundamental competing human needs- inclusion and differentiation- can be met by membership in group

Question 6

How does group radicalisation isolate individuals?

Answer 6

The power of the group dynamic cuts individuals off from others. Clandestine nature demands isolation. Polarisation- discussion with similar values leads to more ext remember pinion.

Question 7

Why do terrorists use social media?

Answer 7

Propaganda, recruitment, command and control. Easy, accessible, creates virtual communities, leaderless resistance model of command and control. Endeavour hill stabbing- told to go kill disbelievers on twitter