# Innovation and Terrorism **Entity class:** Terrorism-studies concept ## Definition **Innovation and terrorism** studies how violent movements adopt, combine, or repurpose technologies, tactics, organizational forms, media, and logistical systems. Innovation changes not only weapons but recruitment, coordination, concealment, targeting, financing, and resilience. ## Relevance to this collection It connects [[wiki/Audrey Kurth Cronin|Audrey Kurth Cronin]], [[wiki/Emerging Technology|Emerging Technology]], [[wiki/Social Media and Terrorism|Social Media and Terrorism]], and [[wiki/Future of Political Violence|Future of Political Violence]]. ## Relationships - **master collection:** [[collections/Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment|Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and the Intelligence Environment]]. - **intellectual neighborhood:** [[wiki/Intellectual Neighborhood of the Counterterrorism Collection|Intellectual Neighborhood of the Counterterrorism Collection]]. ## Sources / Provenance - [Carnegie Mellon University, “Audrey Kurth Cronin”](https://www.cmu.edu/cmist/about-us/people/director/audrey-cronin.html) (accessed 2026-09-23). **As of:** 2026-09-23