Ryan Scrivens

@R_Scrivens

Asst Prof, • Fellow, • Criminologist • Research: the extreme right on- and offline, computational social science, combating violent extremism.

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Joined October 2016
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    Aug 12

    Right in time for the 2020 U.S. presidential election! In our latest, we measure the effect of the election victories of & on extreme right-wing mobilization online - co-authored by Burruss, , , Freilich, & Frank:

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    Aug 28

    Thank you to for making my new article open access. Delighted that this will provide the opportunities for a much wider readership. Talking Stagnation: Thematic Analysis of Terrorism Experts’ Perception of the Health of Terrorism Research

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  3. Aug 28

    50 free online copies of our latest is now available:

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    Aug 20

    ICYMI, CfP for our colleagues’ online workshops on ‘Exploring Societal Resilience to Online Polarisation & Extremism’ for special issue of First Monday. First workshop = 11 Dec, 2nd workshop date TBC. Abstract deadline: 4 Sept.

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    Aug 26

    That's right, I'll be a TEDx speaker! Very grateful to for the opportunity. The event will be live streamed Nov 14/15 - Save the date! More details on the talk and the event will be provided in the next few weeks :)

    Presenting TEDxSFU speaker: Martin Bouchard is a Professor of Criminology at Simon Fraser University where he leads the CaIN Lab. His work focuses on all the ways in which social networks relate to gangs & how networks help understand the dynamics of gang violence.
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    Aug 27

    Does believing in something extreme, thinking something extreme, saying something extreme make someone act in violence? researcher of (formerly ) examines this issue in a thoughtful piece published by :

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    Aug 27

    Looking forward to reading this review once it’s completed.

    It's official! We've received funding from to conduct a Campbell Systematic Review. Focus: scientific knowledge and approaches to defining and measuring hate crime, hate speech and hate incidents Team: Matteo Vergani, Barb Perry, Josh Freilich, Steve Chermak & I
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    Aug 27

    My latest book, Optimal, is out today! Available in paperback, on Kindle and free through Kindle Unlimited The book is a science-fictional exploration of life in a universally networked and connected world. 1/x

    It's the world that Facebook built. It's the world that Twitter built. It's the world that Google built. The world of 𝙊𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙖𝙡 The new novel by J.M. Berger. Buy it now.
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    Aug 27

    Hugely important! Congrats!

    It's official! We've received funding from to conduct a Campbell Systematic Review. Focus: scientific knowledge and approaches to defining and measuring hate crime, hate speech and hate incidents Team: Matteo Vergani, Barb Perry, Josh Freilich, Steve Chermak & I
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    Aug 27

    Fantastic news! Upcoming on scientific knowledge and approaches to defining and measuring hate crime, hate speech and hate incidents. 👏🏾

    It's official! We've received funding from to conduct a Campbell Systematic Review. Focus: scientific knowledge and approaches to defining and measuring hate crime, hate speech and hate incidents Team: Matteo Vergani, Barb Perry, Josh Freilich, Steve Chermak & I
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  11. Aug 27

    It's official! We've received funding from to conduct a Campbell Systematic Review. Focus: scientific knowledge and approaches to defining and measuring hate crime, hate speech and hate incidents Team: Matteo Vergani, Barb Perry, Josh Freilich, Steve Chermak & I

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    Aug 27

    This study in Political Psychology (.) couldn't be more timely: "Hate Speech Epidemic. The Dynamic Effects of Derogatory Language on Intergroup Relations and Political Radicalization" by Michał Bilewicz + Wiktor Soral.

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    Aug 26

    ALT-RIGHT GANGS: A HAZY SHADE OF WHITE, and I's new book, from is out on Sept. 22, 2020. Available for pre-order now:

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  14. Aug 26

    Just came in the mail. Can’t wait to dig into this one 🤓

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    Aug 21

    On Thursday, 8/27, my first novel, Optimal, debuts! You can pre-order it on Kindle here and a paperback will follow shortly. A short thread on what it's about, and a request for your help getting it out in front of people.

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    Aug 26

    Yet another piece from et. al. Important work.

    Thrilled to announce that we have a piece coming out in New Media & Society shortly. We explore the role of ’s voting algorithm in facilitating othering discourse & collective identity formation among members of a notoriously hateful subreddit community, r/The_Donald.
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    Aug 26

    Officials at the Department of Homeland Security waged a yearslong internal struggle to get the White House to pay attention to the threat of violent domestic extremists. They ended up quitting in frustration. via

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    Aug 26

    Presenting TEDxSFU speaker: Martin Bouchard is a Professor of Criminology at Simon Fraser University where he leads the CaIN Lab. His work focuses on all the ways in which social networks relate to gangs & how networks help understand the dynamics of gang violence.

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    Aug 26

    Excited to announce my new publication exploring the characteristics of ideologically motivated web defacements. Thank you for letting me contribute to this project! Josh Freilich Arun Ross Johannes Bauer

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  20. Aug 26

    Check out the latest from , , et al. in on characteristics of ideologically motivated cyberattacks:

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    Aug 24

    "Triggered by Defeat or Victory? Assessing the Impact of Presidential Election Results on Extreme Right-Wing Mobilization Online" by Scrivens, Burruss, Holt, Chermak, Freilich & Frank in Deviant Behavior

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