Accession Number:

AD1058737

Title:

The Western Jihadism Data Collection

Descriptive Note:

[Technical Report, Final Report]

Corporate Author:

Brandeis University

Personal Author(s):

• Klausen, Jytte

Report Date:

2017-07-17

Pagination or Media Count:

23

Abstract:

The Western Jihadism Project Data Collection is a web-based database designed to study Al-Qaeda-inspired terrorist offenders in Western Europe, the Antipodes, Canada, and the United States. The project developed a secure online portal for a relational database comprised of qualitative and quantitative data files from the archives of The Western Jihadism Project WJP. The database began as a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel. Since then it has since evolved into a relational database in PostgreSQL and using a Django-based administrative framework for editing the data stored within. The collection also contains numerous audio-visual files including photographs, videos, propaganda, magazines, sermons, and news reports. The project aim was to develop the data collection into an online portal capable of supporting collaborative multi-team research and data sharing within a secure online environment.

Descriptors:

• data analysis
• spreadsheet software
• relational database management systems
• relational databases
• computer programming
• databases
• terrorism
• database management systems
• social media
• united states
• computers
• data visualization
• department of defense
• terrorists
• user interface
• abstracts
• computer program documentation
• engineering
• graphical user interface
• law enforcement

Subject Categories:

• Unconventional Warfare
• Information Science

Distribution Statement:

[A, Approved For Public Release]