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Youth and Violent Extremism on Social Media: Mapping the Research
Paris: UNESCO (2017), 161 pp.
"Based on a bibliometric and scientific study of research conducted in Europe, North America, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Arab world, parts of Africa and Asia on the links between the use of social media and the phenomena of radicalization, the Report analyzes more than 550 studies published i
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Taliban Narratives: The Use and Power of Stories in the Afghanistan Conflict
Deep Insights
London: Hurst (2017), xxxvi, 376 pp.
"Why has the Taliban been so much more effective in presenting messages that resonate with the Afghan population than the United States, the Afghan Government and their allies? This book, based on years of field research and the assessment of hundreds of original source materials, examines the infor
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Preventing Violent Extremism Through Promoting Inclusive Development, Tolerance and Respect for Diversity: A Development Response to Addressing Radicalization and Violent Extremism
New York: UNDP (2016), 39 pp.
"Development practice has a critical role in providing the foundation for preventing violent extremism. UNDP’s conceptual framework proposes eleven interlinked building blocks for a theory of change explaining how development can help prevent violent extremism. These building blocks, which will in
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Jihadists Make Telegram Messaging App a Recruiting Tool: The 'Islamic State' Glorifies Terrorism and Turns to German Teenagers
Mainz: jugendschutz.net (2016), 4 pp.
"An app called Telegram is the new hot thing for jihadists to disseminate their propaganda. Terror organizations like the 'Islamic State' (IS) also use this app to win over German us-ers. jugendschutz.net documented a vast amount of graphic content like beheading videos – anyone can use his smartp
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New Social Media and Politics in Thailand: The Emergence of Fascist Vigilante Groups on Facebook
ASEAS - Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, volume 9, issue 2 (2016), pp. 215-233
"Since 2010, Facebook has become a battleground between competing political camps in Thailand. Facebook groups like the Social Sanction group, tellingly abbreviated as SS, and the Rubbish Collector Organization, which was founded in 2014 and has attracted more than 200,000 members, have played a cru
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The Islamic State's Global Propaganda Strategy
The Hague: International Centre for Counter-Terrorism (ICCT) (2016), 83 pp.
"This Research Paper aims to analyse in depth the global propaganda strategy of the so-called “Islamic State” (IS) by looking at the methods through which this grand strategy is carried out as well as the objectives that IS wants to achieve through it. The authors first discuss IS’ growth mode
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Media and Information Literacy: Reinforcing Human Rights, Countering Radicalization and Extremism. MILID Yearbook 2016
Paris: UNESCO (2016), 314 pp.
"The book is divided into five sections: 1. Community Empowerment and Sustainable Development; 2. Hate speech and Incitement; 3. Radicalization and Extremism; 4. Human Rights and Gender Equality; 5. Inter-religious and Intercultural Discourses in the media. Articles submitted are linked to one of th
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The Role of Online/social Media in Countering Violent Extremism in East Africa
Birmingham: GSDRC, University of Birmingham (2016), 15 pp.
Islamic State Propaganda and the Mainstream Media
Sydney: Lowy Institute for International Policy (2016), 20 pp.
"Instead of seeking to provide an objective definition of hate speech, the paper’s empirical approach highlights that context matters. More specifically, analysis of the political and socio-economic context in which the speech act occurs and consideration of the nature of the speaker and audience
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Hate Speech: Hass im Netz
Düsseldorf: Landesanstalt für Medien NRW (2016), 27 pp.
Hamas and the Media: Politics and Strategy
London; New York: Routledge (2016), 225 pp.
"This book presents the first systematic and historical contextualisation of the development of Hamas’s media strategy. It determines three key phases in Hamas’s development and explores the complex and important relationship at work between its politics and use of media. Assessing four elements
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Countering Violent Extremism Through Media and Communication Strategies: A Review of the Evidence
Deep Insights
Partnership for Conflict, Crime & Security Research (PaCCS) (2016), 40 pp.
"Part I focuses on 'Counter-Narratives', looking at the evidence relating to strategic policy communication strategies and counter-propaganda techniques. This reflects literature from policymakers, think-tanks, and civil society initiatives rather than the academic literature base. Current literatur
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Online/social media as a pathway towards violent extremism in East Africa
Birmingham: GSDRC, University of Birmingham (2016), 15 pp.
"Key findings include: The Internet can play a role in the radicalisation process; There are few examples of individuals radicalising entirely online, but there are signs that this could increase over time; There is less evidence of the internet’s role in recruitment to terrorist networks or the u
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Gegen Propaganda und Lüge: StopFake.org. Prinzipien und Perspektiven
Osteuropa, volume 66, issue 6-7 (2016), pp. 205-213
"Als Russland die Krim annektierte und den Krieg in der Ostukraine führte, setzte es gleichzeitig eine Propagandakampagne in Gang. Zur Bekämpfung von Desinformation und Falschmeldungen gründeten Dozenten und Studenten der Mohyla-Journalistenschule in Kiew im März 2014 das Informationsportal Stop
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The Impact of Counter-Narratives: Insights from a Year-Long Cross-Platform Pilot Study of Counter-Narrative Curation, Targeting, Evaluation and Impact
London: Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD); Against Violent Extremism (AVE) (2016), 52 pp.
"This report presents the development, deployment, and evaluation of three counternarrative campaigns orchestrated by Against Violent Extremism (AVE) network and Jigsaw (an incubator within Alphabet that uses technology to address geopolitical issues) with additional in-kind and financial support fr
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"Counter speech is a way of responding to hateful messages. If left unchallenged, the peddling of myths, lies, and the use of hateful rhetoric and abuse can lead to more harm being done - especially when individuals are targeted without knowing there is support out there and ‘haters’ gain more c
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Das digitale Kalifat: Die geheime Macht des Islamischen Staates
München: Beck (2016), 299 pp.
"Viele Computerspiele faszinieren durch die Verbindung von mittelalterlichem Ambiente und Hightech. Genau hier liegt für viele Jihadisten auch die Faszination des IS, der eine "mittelalterliche" Ordnung mit Hilfe des Internets aufrechterhält. Das Steuersystem orientiert sich am Koran, wird aber di
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Hass im Netz: Was wir gegen Hetze, Mobbing und Lügen tun können
Wien: Brandstätter Verlag (2016), 230 pp.
"Das Buch deckt die Mechanismen auf, die es den Trollen im Internet so einfach machen. Es zeigt die Tricks der Fälscher, die gezielt Unwahrheiten verbreiten, sowie die Rhetorik von Hassgruppen, um Diskussionen eskalieren zu lassen. Damit die Aggression im Netz nicht sprachlos macht, werden konkrete
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