Spores of Belief: A Systems-Based Model for Understanding and Interrupting Narrative Extremism
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: “Spores of Belief” is a systems-based research study that models the spread of extremist ideologies as living, mycelial networks—an evolution beyond static psychological models. By analyzing how narrative extremism proliferates through digital ecosystems like fungal spores, this framework offers a groundbreaking lens to map, track, and disrupt ideological contagion in real time. As radicalization increasingly threatens communities and public discourse, this model provides urgently needed tools for digital defense, policy, and deprogramming strategies.
Author: Porter, Rebeca
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W6949354666
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