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What Is Cyberterrorism? Findings From a Survey of Researchers

Stuart Macdonald Orcid Logo, Lee Jarvis

Terrorism and Political Violence, Volume: 27, Issue: 4, Pages: 657 - 678

Swansea University Author: Stuart Macdonald Orcid Logo

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DOI (Published version): 10.1080/09546553.2013.847827

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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...

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Published in: Terrorism and Political Violence
ISSN: 0954-6553 1556-1836
Published: 2014
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