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Author Stevens, David

Title The Devil's Long Tail
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2015

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Description 1 online resource (316 pages)
Contents Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Structure and argument; Part I; 1. Religion and the Internet: Some Initial Concepts; Double-click on paradise; Thinking about religion; Thinking about the Internet and the Web; Religion and the Internet; 2. The Polarisation of Online Debate; Villagey globalism; Alone together with digital anomie; The echo chamber of positive feedback; Non-violent and violent engagement; 3. Interventionist Policy Strategies; CONTEST and Prevent; The online component of radicalisation; Problems with Prevent; Legitimacy
Conclusion to Part IPart II; 4. Religion as a Marketplace; From fleeing the lynch mob to running for president; What good is religion?; The market for religious ideas; Religion, moderation and socialisation; The persistence of radicalism and the radicalism of persistence; The CSC and implications for policy; Taking the market model further; 5. The Supply Side: Framing and the Construction of the Centre Ground; Framing in action; A house built on shifting sand; Three examples; Online cognitive restructuring; 6. The Demand Side: The Club Model; Pascalian wagers for high stakes
The development of preferencesFive types of religious commitment; 7. The Demand Side: The Motivations of Suicide Bombers; Taking it to the extreme; Suicide Bombing; Specific to Islam?; Constituency costs of violence; The lure of violence; Conclusion to Part II; Part III; 8. The Long Tail; The long-tail thesis; Fitting the model; The democratisation of the forces of distribution; The Devil's long tail?; 9. Echo Chambers and Long Tails: A Critical Examination; How long was that tail again?; Echo chambers revisited; The networked individual; Changing minds; Conclusion; 10. The Hardest Thing
What not to doWhat to do; Conclusion: saving cyberspace; Notes; Index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Extremist Web sites.
Radicalism -- Computer network resources
Religious fanaticism -- Computer network resources
Internet -- Religious aspects.
Internet -- Social aspects.
Internet -- Political aspects.
Internet -- Access control
Freedom of information.
Access to Information
Extremist Web sites.
Freedom of information.
Internet -- Access control.
Internet -- Political aspects.
Internet -- Religious aspects.
Internet -- Social aspects.
Form Electronic book
Author O'Hara, Kieron.
ISBN 9780190612962
0190612967