Essays about: "Agnieszka Ewa Gryz"

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  1. 1. “If you’re on this sub, you’re on every watchlist possible.” An open-source investigation into the gamification of terrorism on Reddit’s user-run forum r/unexpectedjihad

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Agnieszka Ewa Gryz; [2023]
    Keywords : Gamification; Terrorism; Extremism; Jihad; Reddit; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study investigates the emerging phenomenon of gamification of terrorism, understood as the exploitation of video games mechanics and aesthetics to radicalize, proliferate propaganda and produce terror. Through an open-source ethnographic exploration of the “r/unexpectedjihad” community on Reddit, it attempts to answer how and to what extent violent jihadi sympathizers are gamifying terror in a digital setting. READ MORE