RUDN Journal of Psychology and PedagogicsRUDN Journal of Psychology and PedagogicsВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Психология и педагогика2313-16832313-1705Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)3139510.22363/2313-1683-2022-19-2-336-351DIGITAL SOCIETY: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGESЦИФРОВОЕ ОБЩЕСТВО: ВОЗМОЖНОСТИ И РИСКИResearch ArticleRadicalization in the Digital Society: A Social Psychological AnalysisРадикализация в информационном обществе: социально-психологический анализhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9497-6199BovinaInna B.БовинаИнна Борисовна

PhD in Psychology, is Research Director, Associate Professor, Department of Clinical and Legal Psychology

доктор психологических наук, доцент, профессор кафедры клинической и судебной психологии

innabovina@yandex.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-9255-7372BovinBoris G.БовинБорис Георгиевич

PhD in Psychology, is Associate Professor, Leading Researcher

кандидат психологических наук, доцент, ведущий научный сотрудник

bovinbg@yandex.ruhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-1462-5469DvoryanchikovNikolay V.ДворянчиковНиколай Викторович

PhD in Psychology, is Dean of the Faculty of Legal and Forensic Psychology

кандидат психологических наук, доцент, декан факультета юридической психологии

dvorian@gmail.comMoscow State University of Psychology and EducationМосковский государственный психолого-педагогический университетResearch Institute of the Federal Penitentiary Service of RussiaНаучно-исследовательский институт Федеральной службы исполнения наказаний России02062022192Digital Society as a Cultural and Historical Context of Personality DevelopmentЦифровое общество как культурно-исторический контекст развития личности33635102072022Copyright ©; 2022, Bovina I.B., Bovin B.G., Dvoryanchikov N.V.Copyright ©; 2022, Бовина И.Б., Бовин Б.Г., Дворянчиков Н.В.2022Bovina I.B., Bovin B.G., Dvoryanchikov N.V.Бовина И.Б., Бовин Б.Г., Дворянчиков Н.В.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/psychology-pedagogics/article/view/31395

Terrorism is not a new phenomenon, it has existed for more than two millennia, developing, changing and acquiring new features and peculiarities of a particular historical period. Nevertheless, terrorism has kept one feature unchanged: it still poses a serious threat to humanity. The way a person comes to recognize the legitimacy of terrorist activity describes the process of radicalization. This article is focused on a social psychological analysis of the impact of information strategies on the process of radicalization in modern society. The relevance of addressing this problem is explained by the fact that measures to counter terrorism are necessarily based on knowledge of the psychological patterns by which radicalization occurs. The article consists of two parts: in the first part, the specifics of the problem of terrorism and radicalization within the framework of social psychological knowledge are discussed. Particular attention is paid to the fact that the process of radicalization is a form of collective response to a situation of intergroup conflict (real or imaginary). In addition, in this part of the article, the role of communication in the process of radicalization is indicated. The second part deals with the specifics of communication processes (their content and form) in connection with radicalization in the digital society.

Терроризм не является новым феноменом, он существует более двух тысячелетий, развиваясь, изменяясь и приобретая новые черты и особенности, характерные для той или иной исторической эпохи. Тем не менее одна особенность остается неизменной: терроризм по-прежнему представляет собой серьезную угрозу для человечества. То, как человек приходит к признанию легитимности террористической деятельности, описывает процесс радикализации. В фокусе внимания настоящей работы - социально-психологический анализ специфики воздействия, сопровождающего процесс радикализации в современном мире. Актуальность обращения к этой проблеме объясняется тем, что меры по противодействию терроризму с необходимостью опираются на знание психологических закономерностей, по которым происходит радикализация. Статья состоит из двух частей: в первой части обсуждаются особенности проблемы терроризма и радикализации в рамках социально-психологического знания. Особое внимание уделяется тому факту, что процесс радикализации - это форма коллективного ответа на ситуацию межгруппового конфликта (реального или воображаемого). Кроме того, в этой части работы обозначается место коммуникации в процессе радикализации. Во второй части речь идет о специфике коммуникативных процессов (их содержания и формы) в связи с радикализацией в информационном обществе.

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