Research

Journal Articles

Frissen, T., & d’Haenens, L. (under review). How the Web’s social outskirts galvanize and live-stream terrorism-inspired mass shootings: Modeling the topics and online ecosystem of 4chan and 8chan.

Frissen, T., (under review).“Open source Jihad”? Cross-sectional analysis of the association between jihadist information seeking and violent radicalization

Frissen, T., Brodeur, VM., Vissenberg, J., Rousseau, C., d’Haenens, L. (under review). Investigating the Mediatization of Cognitive Hypervigilance in the Aftermath of a Terrorist Attack. Belgium: a European test case of Terrorism Catastrophizing and anti-Muslim Hostility?

Ichau, E., Frissen, T., d’Haenens, L. (2019). From #selfie to #edgy. Hashtag networks and images associated with the hashtag #jews on Instagram. Telematics And Informatics, 44C (November 2019), Art.No. 101275. doi: 10.1016/j.tele.2019.101275

Scherr, S., Arendt, F., Frissen, T., Oramas Mogrovejo, J. (2019). Detecting Intentional Self-Harm on Instagram: Development, Testing, and Validation of an Automatic Image-Recognition Algorithm to Discover Cutting-Related Posts. Social Science Computer Review, 1-13. doi: 10.1177/0894439319836389Open Access

Frounfelker, R.L., Frissen, T., Vanorio, I., Rousseau, C., d’Haenens, L. (2019). Exploring the discrimination–radicalization nexus: empirical evidence from youth and young adults in Belgium. International Journal of Public Health, 1-12. doi: 10.1007/s00038-019-01226-z

Frissen, T., Coppens, T., Tobback, L., d’Haenens, L. (2018). Van terreurpiekeraar tot overtuigd van ‘het moslimgevaar’?: Een crosssectionele studie naar het verband tussen terrorismenieuwsblootstelling, piekeren over terreurdreiging, en attitudes ten opzichte van moslims. Tijdschrift voor Communicatiewetenschap, 46 (3), 236-256. Open Access

Frissen, T., Toguslu, E., Van Ostaeyen, P., d’Haenens, L. (2018). Capitalizing on the Koran to fuel online violent radicalization: A taxonomy of Koranic references in ISIS’s Dabiq. Telematics and Informatics, 35 (2), 491-503. doi: 10.1016/j.tele.2018.01.008

Book chapters

Frissen, T. (2020) Phantom cell phone signals. In: Van den Bulck, J. & Ewoldsen, D. (Eds.), The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology. John Wiley & Sons, Limited, 2020

Frissen, T., Smets, K., d’Haenens, L. (2019). The Cumulative Role of Different Types of Media in the Radicalization Puzzle. In: N. Clycq, C. Timmerman, D. Vanheule, R. Van Caudenberg, S. Ravn (Eds.), Radicalisation: A Marginal Phenomenon or a Mirror to Society?, Chapt. 6, (153-192). Leuven: Leuven University Press. ISBN: 9789462701588. Open Access

Frissen, T., d’Haenens, L. (2017). Legitimizing the Caliphate and its politics: Moral disengagement rethoric in Dabiq. In: S.F. Krishna-Hensel (Eds.), Authoritarian and Populist Influences in the New Media, Chapt. 6, (138-164). Routledge. ISBN: 978-1-4724-8854-1.

Frissen, T., Ichau, E., Boghe, K., d’Haenens, L. (2017). #Muslims? Instagram, Visual Culture and the Mediatization of Muslim Religiosity. In: M. Kayikci, L. d’Haenens (Eds.), European Muslims and New Media, Chapt. 7, (141-169). (Current Issues in Islam). Leuven: Leuven University Press. ISBN: 978-94-6270-106-9.

Frissen, T., Eggermont, S. (2016). Adolescence and the Media. In: Oxford Bibliographies in Communication, Chapt. 10.1093/obo/9780199756841-0101, (1-3). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN: 9780199756841.

Abstracts/Presentations/Posters

Scherr, S., Arendt, F., Frissen, T., Oramas M., J. (2019). Detecting Intentional Self-Harm on Instagram: Development, Testing, and Validation of an Automatic Image-Recognition Algorithm to Discover Cutting-Related Posts. Presented at the International Communication Association, Washington, D.C., 24 May 2019-28 May 2019.

Frounfelker, R.L., Frissen, T., Vanorio, I., Rousseau, C., d’Haenens, L. (2019). Discrimination, Injustice, and Support for Violent Extremism. Presented at the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture Annual Meeting, Toronto, Ontario, CA., 25 Apr 2019-27 Apr 2019.

Frissen, T., d’Haenens, L. (2019). “Platforms of dangerous ideas?” The association between online extremist information seeking and violent radicalization. Presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Nijmegen, 07 Feb 2019-08 Feb 2019.

Frissen, T., d’Haenens, L. (2018). The Mediatization of Jihadist-inspired Terrorism. Presented at the 2018 International Conference on E-Society Research, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, 14 Sep 2018-15 Sep 2018.

Frissen, T., d’Haenens, L. (2018). We Can’t go on Together with Suspicious Minds: Terrorism News Coverage, Anti-Muslim Paranoia, and Islamoprejudice. Presented at the International Communication Association, Prague, 24 May 2018-28 May 2018.

Ichau, E., Frissen, T., d’Haenens, L. (2018). #Jews or #Spongebob? Semantic erosion of the term ‘Jews’ in an online visual culture. Presented at the 68th Annual Conference of the International Communication Association, Prague, 24 May 2018-28 May 2018.

Frissen, T., Ichau, E., Boghe, K., d’Haenens, L. (2017). #Hijab or #Haram Revealing Visuals and Semantics Associated with Muslim (Self-)Representation Online. Presented at the Annual AEJMC Conference, Chicago, U.S..

Frissen, T., d’Haenens, L. (2017). Sanitizing Language, Dehumanization And Predatorization: Revealing And Understanding Islamic State’s World View And Self-Perception. International Communication. Presented at the International Communication Association (ICA), San Diego, 25 May 2017-29 May 2017.

Frissen, T., d’Haenens, L. (2017). Can the media mold our youth into Violent Extremists? First insights from an explorative cross-sectional Survey Study. Presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Tilburg, 26 Jan 2017-27 Jan 2017.

Frissen, T., d’Haenens, L. (2016). Narrative Analysis of Dabiq: Media Strategies of Violent Extremists. Presented at the Countering Violent Extremism: Mujahada and Muslim’s responsibility, Brussels, 15 Mar 2016-16 Mar 2016.

Frissen, T., d’Haenens, L. (2016). Trend analysis of Dabiq: Islamic State’s Propaganda Machine and its Concurrent Strategic and Military Deployments in Iraq and the Levant. Presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Amsterdam, 04 Feb 2016-05 Feb 2016.

Frissen, T., Van den Bulck, J. (2015). Hearing voices, feeling vibrations. A cross-national assessment of media-related psychotic experiences within a healthy population. Presented at the Etmaal van de Communicatiewetenschap, Antwerp, 02 Feb 2015-03 Feb 2015. PhD

Ph.D. Dissertation

Frissen, T., d’Haenens, L. (sup.) (2019). (Hard)Wired for Terror: Unraveling the Mediatized Roots and Routes of ‘Radicalization’. Open Access