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What Is Cyberterrorism? Findings From a Survey of Researchers
Stuart Macdonald 
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Lee Jarvis
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Lee Jarvis
Terrorism and Political Violence, Volume: 27, Issue: 4, Pages: 657 - 678
Swansea University Author:
Stuart Macdonald
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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/09546553.2013.847827
Abstract
This article reports on a recent survey designed to capture understandings of cyberterrorism across the global research community. Specifically, it explores competing views, and the importance thereof, amongst the 118 respondents on three definitional issues: First, the need for a specific definitio...
| Published in: | Terrorism and Political Violence |
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| ISSN: | 0954-6553 1556-1836 |
| Published: |
2014
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa16645 |
| Abstract: |
This article reports on a recent survey designed to capture understandings of cyberterrorism across the global research community. Specifically, it explores competing views, and the importance thereof, amongst the 118 respondents on three definitional issues: First, the need for a specific definition of cyberterrorism for either policymakers or researchers; Second, the core characteristics or constituent parts of this concept; and, Third, the value of applying the term cyberterrorism to a range of actual or potential scenarios. The article concludes by arguing that while a majority of researchers believe a specific definition of cyberterrorism necessary for academics and policymakers, disagreement around what this might look like has additional potential to stimulate a rethinking of terrorism more widely. |
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| Keywords: |
Cyberterrorism, counterterrorism, cyberattack |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Issue: |
4 |
| Start Page: |
657 |
| End Page: |
678 |