Terrorism in the Age of Information: Unpuzzling the Connection of Terrorism and the Media in the Fourth Industrial Revolution

Abstract

While a lot of studies focus on the contours of cybercrime and cyber terrorism as well as their effectsin daily lives, less attention has been given to the use of ICT by terrorists. In fact, through the ebbs andflows of technology, the society of information seems to develop a particular vulnerability to the fearinstilled by terrorism. This particularly reveals a paradox because the original technology, which wasoriented to make of our lives safer, is used by terrorist cells to inspire a terror-driven atmosphere, which only nourishes intolerance and ethnocentrism. The authors, in this review chapter, discuss critically the cutting-edge role of technology in the struggle against terrorism.