Thesis (M.A.)--West Virginia University, 2005. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains iv, 42 p. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 40-42).

Thèse (M.A.)--Université Laval, 2003. / Bibliogr.: f. [95]-99. Publié aussi en version électronique.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2006. / Advisors: Stephen McDowell, John K. Mayo, Florida State University, College of Communication, Dept. of Communication. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 15, 2006). Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 302 pages. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2004. / Supervisors: Philip Doty and Sanda Erdelez. Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--La Crosse, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Murdoch University. / Title taken from title screen (viewed October 8, 2007). Includes bibliographical references and appendix.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on October 10, 2007) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (doctoral)--Humboldt-Universiẗat, Berlin, 2005/2006. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 177-190) and index.

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file (viewed on August 29, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.

Com o objetivo de identificar a diferença entre o uso da Internet por terroristas e o uso do ciberespaço com fins políticos para o terror, a pesquisa proposta se desenvolve em cinco capítulos, além da introdução e conclusão. O capítulo 2 busca elucidar como os mundos físico e virtual se entrelaçam, explicando a vulnerabilidade das Infraestruturas Críticas aos ataques cibernéticos que geram o medo sobre o ciberterrorismo. Seguindo, no capítulo 3 explica-se o debate sobre a percepção acadêmica acerca do uso do ciberespaço por terroristas e, no capítulo 4, uma amostra de países relevantes para o combate ao terrorismo é posta em comparação, a fim de se entender as percepções políticas acerca do uso terrorista do ciberespaço. Nesse sentido, o estudo em voga, hipotético-dedutivo com caráter qualitativo em meio às análises e comparações, validou a hipótese de que, embora pertencentes a paletas do mesmo escopo, o uso da Internet por terroristas e o ciberterrorismo possuem diferenças significativas, sendo elas elencadas dentro de quatro categorias analíticas: Utilidade do ciberespaço, Foco Operacional, Uso de violência e Objetivo Último. Por fim, essas diferenças foram postas na conclusão como propostas de tipologias para a definição do fenômeno do ciberterrorismo e do uso terrorista da Internet, partindo da conceituação de terrorismo proposta por Eugênio Diniz (2002). / In order to identify the difference between the use of the Internet by terrorists and the use of cyberspace for political purposes for terror, this research developes itself in five chapters, in which, in addition to the introduction and conclusion, in chapter 2, it seeks to elucidate how the physical and virtual worlds intertwine, explaining the vulnerability of Critical Infrastructures to cyberattacks that generate fear about cyberterrorism. Chapter 3 explains the debate about the academic perception of the use of cyberspace by terrorists and, chapter 4, a sample of countries that are relevant to the fight against terrorism is compared in order to understand the perceptions about the terrorist use of cyberspace. In this sense, the present hypothetical-deductive study with a qualitative character, in the midst of the analyzes and acquisitions validated the hypothesis that although belonging to palettes of the same scope, the use of the Internet by terrorists and cyberterrorism have significant differences, and they are listed within four analytical categories: Usefulness of cyberspace, Operational Focus, Use of violence and Last Objective. Finally, these differences were put in the conclusion as typology proposals for the definition of the phenomenon of cyberterrorism and the terrorist use of the Internet, rooted in the conceptualization of terrorism proposed by Eugênio Diniz (2002).