The very fact that I'm sitting here in "beautiful scenic" South Minneapolis is proof that the Net has changed things.
People don't really change, but how they use technology, affects them and society in general....see the printing press
For the Jihadis this is definitely true. The Jihadi/Salafist forums have been a boon to providing a means of passing information...etc. and giving them a sense of community.
For more see
"The Leaderless Jihad: Terror networks in the Twenty-First Century"
Marc Sageman
"Global Jihadism: Theory and Practice"
Jarret M. Brachman
Available from all the usual sources
Bookmarks