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Two Sides of the Same Coin? A Largescale Comparative Analysis of Extreme Right and Jihadi Online Text(s)

Weeda Mehran Orcid Logo, Stephen Herron, Ben Miller, Anthony F. Lemieux, Maura Conway Orcid Logo

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This article describes and discusses a comparative semiotic analysis of online text collected from eight extreme right websites and four violent jihadi groups’ online magazines. The two datasets, which comprise just over 1 million words each, were analyzed using LIWC software. The core issues explor...

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Published in: Studies in Conflict and Terrorism
ISSN: 1057-610X 1521-0731
Published: Informa UK Limited 2022
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