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Essay On Social Network Analysis

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TOWARDS THE INVESTIGATION OF USING SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS FOR COUNTER TERRORISM IN WEST AFRICA: CASE STUDY OF BOKO HARAM (BH) IN NIGERIA

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In this paper, an investigative review of social network analysis to counter terrorism is presented. Various measures used for predicting key players of terrorist networks is discussed. The methodology used for the survey is based on the existing research work that was carried out on counter terrorism of insurgency, for example, 9/11 (2001) attack in the United States.The research papers have shown that the social network analysis is one of the most efficient and effective methods for understanding terrorist networks. For example, the NSA has been mapping phone calls ever since the 9/11 event and through this research work, United States have been able to uncover so many hidden terrorist and criminal groups. This paper provides an avenue for a suggestive idea that the Nigerian government can make use of Social Network Analysis technique by phone mapping. This is based on the fact that Nigeria can combat terrorism in the nation. The …show more content…

Thus, terrorist activities have been on the rise, and researchers globally have been using social network analysis to understand terrorist networks. In this paper, researcher focuses on the review of how social network analysis can be used to map terrorist networks. The prospects of using social network analysis are considered as important tools with formulated metrics, in order to uncover terrorist networks in West Africa (Nigeria). A review of related research work using various social network analysis measures in the field of counter-terrorism analysis is summarized. In addition, the researcher focused on detailed comparison of various measures and techniques for social network analysis and also, methods for collecting social network

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