On the Analysis of Horror Stories in the Militants' Narratives as Markers of Violent Behavior and Conflict Identity-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

On the Analysis of Horror Stories in the Militants' Narratives as Markers of Violent Behavior and Conflict Identity

Published:2022-03-18 Issue:1 Volume:12 Page:1-19
ISSN:1947-3435
Container-title:International Journal of Cyber Warfare and Terrorism
language:ng
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Author:

Kostyuchenko Yuriy V.¹^ORCID,Pushkar Viktor²^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Centre for Aerospace Research of the Earth, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukraine

2. Social Transformation Group, Ukraine

Abstract

The paper considers the horror stories spread among the militants of illegal armed groups “L/DPR” in the period 2014-2021; examples from personal interviews of militants are given; an algorithm for narratives detection and analysis is proposed, a preliminary classification of such stories is proposed: narrative artifacts, trench legends and artificial propaganda narratives; estimates of the dynamics of the spread of such stories is described; conclusions are drawn on the origin and functionality of scary stories: the stories of pro-Russian militants are mostly products of a rethinking of Soviet military folklore, and their functions are the dissemination of group norms and initiation of newcomers. Assumption on militant’s identity and on the drivers of violent behavior are proposed.

Publisher

IGI Global

Subject

Information Systems and Management,Computer Networks and Communications,Hardware and Architecture,Safety Research,Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality,Software

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