Abstract
The study assesses the relationship between terrorism and social media from a cross section of 148 countries with data for the year 2012. The empirical evidence is based on Ordinary Least Squares, Negative Binomial and Quantile regressions. The main finding is that there is a positive relationship between social media in terms of Facebook penetration and terrorism.
The positive relationship is driven by below-median quantiles of terrorism. In other words, countries in which existing levels of terrorism are low are more significantly associated with a positive Facebook-terrorism nexus. The established positive relationship is confirmed from other externalities of terrorism: terrorism fatalities, terrorism incidents, terrorism injuries and
terrorism-related property damages. The terrorism externalities are constituents of the composite dependent variable.
The positive relationship is driven by below-median quantiles of terrorism. In other words, countries in which existing levels of terrorism are low are more significantly associated with a positive Facebook-terrorism nexus. The established positive relationship is confirmed from other externalities of terrorism: terrorism fatalities, terrorism incidents, terrorism injuries and
terrorism-related property damages. The terrorism externalities are constituents of the composite dependent variable.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 208-228 |
Number of pages | 21 |
Journal | Journal of Global Information Technology Management |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 3 |
Early online date | 14 Jul 2019 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2019 |
Bibliographical note
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in ' Journal of Global Information Technology Management on 14/07/2019, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/ 10.1080/1097198X.2019.1642023Copyright © and Moral Rights are retained by the author(s) and/ or other copyright owners. A copy can be downloaded for personal non-commercial research or study, without prior permission or charge. This item cannot be reproduced or quoted extensively from without first obtaining permission in writing from the copyright holder(s). The content must not be changed in any way or sold commercially in any format or medium without the formal permission of the copyright holders.
Keywords
- Social Media
- Terrorism