Posts Tagged ‘nihilistic violent extremism’
Digital Malevolence: The Dark Psychology of Online Manipulation, Exploitation, and Violence
Caroline Ewing and Anne Speckhard Introduction The rapid evolution of online extremist ecosystems has vastly shifted our understanding of radicalization and violence, particularly as contemporary movements increasingly transcend coherent political, religious, or ideological boundaries. This paper introduces the concept of Digital Malevolence, a behavioral framework for understanding how the maladaptive behaviors associated with socially malevolent…
Read MoreThe Psychology of Nothing – Understanding the Pathway to Nihilistic Extremism: Adolescence, Trauma, and a Public Health Model for Prevention
Caroline Ewing and Anne Speckhard Abstract In recent years, adolescents who experience trauma, social marginalization, and other developmental vulnerabilities have been increasingly exposed to online environments that encourage radicalization into fluid, non-ideological forms of nihilistic violent extremism (NVE). Current counter-extremism approaches often rely on ideology-centered frameworks, while overlooking the underlying psychosocial factors that make…
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