After Woolwich: analyzing open source communications to understand the interactive and multi-polar dynamics of the arc of conflict

Roberts, Colin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0595-2740, Innes, Martin ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8950-8147, Preece, Alun ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0349-9057 and Rogers, David 2018. After Woolwich: analyzing open source communications to understand the interactive and multi-polar dynamics of the arc of conflict. British Journal of Criminology 58 (2) , pp. 434-454. 10.1093/bjc/azx024

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Abstract

This article is based upon a case study of the 2013 murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in Woolwich, London. It shows how analysis of open source communications data collected via social media platforms can illuminate the inter- and intra-community conflict dynamics arising in the aftermath of such events. Framed by Collins’ recent theoretical work on the escalatory and de-escalatory forces in conflict situations, the empirical analysis brings to the fore some new insights about the ‘arc of conflict’. These frame a conceptual accent upon the interactive sequences of mobilization and counter-mobilization occurring in the moves towards group-based conflicts, and the importance of understanding the multi-polar nature of these involvements.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education) Computer Science & Informatics Crime and Security Research Institute (CSURI)
Uncontrolled Keywords:	conflict dynamics, Lee Rigby, terrorism, social reaction, polarization
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	0007-0955
Funders:	ESRC
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	12 April 2017
Date of Acceptance:	7 March 2017
Last Modified:	06 Nov 2023 20:19
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/99828

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