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What Is Cyberterrorism? Findings From a Survey of Researchers
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 118 respondents on three definitional issues: (a) the need for a specific definition of cyberterrorism for either policymakers or researchers; (b) the core characteristics or constituent parts of this concept; and (c) 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 is 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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“While previous research has mapped the attitudes of the media (Zeri and Noordin 2017) and the positions of cybersecurity experts (Jarvis and Macdonald 2015), the views of the public remain understudied.”
From Public Opinion and Cyberterrorism (2023) · cites this paper as Jarvis and Macdonald 2015
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“Given the absence of conceptual uniformity among domain experts (Jarvis and Macdonald 2015), we conclude by arguing that the public perspective on cyberterrorism may constrain policy elites due to the robust public consensus that has formed.”
From Public Opinion and Cyberterrorism (2023) · cites this paper as Jarvis and Macdonald 2015
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Public Opinion and Cyberterrorism
Shandler, R., Kostyuk, N., & Oppenheimer, H. (2023) · Public Opinion Quarterly · doi:10.1093/poq/nfad006 · Cited by 14
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- Authors
- Jarvis, L., & Macdonald, S.
- Affiliations
- University of East Anglia (GB)
- Swansea University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Jarvis, Lee
- Venue
- Terrorism and Political Violence
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2014-05-08
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 657-678
- ISSN
- 0954-6553 (ISSN-L)
- 1556-1836
- OpenAlex
- W2082291215
- Cited by
- 36
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 1 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 4 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 3
- FWCI
- 28.23
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Terrorism and Political Violence (publishedVersion)
- UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia) (acceptedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
- Social Sciences › Law › Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies
- Keywords
- cyberterrorism, conceptual analysis, terrorism, researcher perspectives, policy implications, conceptual disagreement
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