RT Article
T1 Ten “Rs” of social reaction: using social media to analyse the “post-event” impacts of the murder of Lee Rigby
JF Terrorism and political violence
VO 30
IS 3
SP 454
OP 474
A1 Innes, Martin
A2 Roberts, Colin
A2 Preece, Alun
A2 Rogers, David
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1870540352
AB This article provides a case study analysis of social reactions to the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby in 2013. Informed by empirical data collected by systematic monitoring of social media platforms, the analysis identifies a number of online behaviours with offline effects—labeled the ten “Rs”—that collectively constitute the process of social reaction to the crime. These are defined as: reporting; requesting; responding; recruiting; “risking”; retaliating; rumouring; remembering; reheating; and “resiliencing”. It is argued that the ability to observe these behaviours through the application of qualitative social media analysis has considerable potential. Conceptually, the analysis provides new insight into the complex and chaotic processes of sense-making and meaning attribution that arise in the aftermath of terrorist attacks. It illuminates how patterns of social reaction on social media are nuanced and complicated, with different segments of the public interpreting the same developments very differently. In addition, the findings and the conceptual framework outlined have implications for policy and practice development in terms of establishing a more effective and evidence-based approach to the consequence management of “post-event” conflict dynamics and social reactions.
NO Gesehen am 17.11.2023
NO Published online: 07 Jul 2016
K1 Conflict dynamics
K1 Counterterrorism
K1 Lee Rigby
K1 Social Media
K1 social reactions
DO 10.1080/09546553.2016.1180289