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Constraints and Opportunities: What Role for Media Development in the Countering Violent Extremism Agenda?
Copenhagen: International Media Support (IMS) (2016), 22 pp.
"This paper seeks to provide some initial guidance as to what Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) is and what it means for the media development sector, its donors and other organizations that work with media developers. The paper also discusses challenges and implications of VE and CVE for media dev
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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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"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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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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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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Seminar Combating Sexist Hate Speech. Report, 10-12 February 2016, European Youth Centre, Strasbourg
Council of Europe (2016), 51 pp.
"The Council of Europe Seminar, Combating Sexist Hate Speech, brought together a group of around 60 participants, including human rights and women’s rights activists, youth leaders, journalists and policy makers to challenge sexist hate speech, its causes, forms and consequences, and to propose so
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Hate Speech and Democratic Citizenship
Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press (2016), xiii, 248 pp.
"Contrary to dominant views within international law and institutions, it is never democratically legitimate to punish citizens solely for repulsive or dangerous viewpoints expressed within public discourse. With the controversial exception of the US, however, most states prohibit some forms of raci
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Incitement in Media Content and Political Discourse in EU Member States
Vienna: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) (2016), 16 pp.
"This European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) contribution to the second Annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights provides a snapshot of manifestations of incitement in media content and political discourse against different groups in EU member states. It outlines the European and internat
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Reception and Perception of Radical Messages
Beirut: Samir Kassir Foundation (2016), 47 pp.
"1. Hyper-local factors were the most important components in both radicalisation and counter-radicalisation. Participants placed significant emphasis on the role of ‘heads’ of the neighbourhoods (who are the “only ones able to warn and convince young people against wrongdoing.” Heads of nei
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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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ISIS and Propaganda: How ISIS Exploits Women
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2015), 25 pp.
Wer köpft, dem glaubt man: Der "Islamische Staat" und die Medien
In: Die schwarze Macht: der "Islamische Staat" und die Strategen des Terrors
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2015), pp. 230-248
"Die Medienstrategen des IS wissen, was das Publikum von ihnen erwartet. Ihr hämmernder Text, der Statements, Tweets, Videos, Bilder übertönt, wie hermetisch abgeriegelt ihr Reich ist. Sie bestimmen unser Bild vom "Islamischen Staat". Dafür etikettieren sie ihre Opfer um, leihen sich Tote und l
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Media Propaganda and Human Rights Issues: What Can be Learnt from the Former Yugoslavia’s Experience in Relation to the Current Developments in the Arab Spring Countries?
Journal of Arab & Muslim Media Research, volume 8, issue 1 (2015), pp. 21-36
"Recent history has proven that media propaganda can impact severely on human rights issues. This article aims at exploring what can be learnt from previous lessons in order to avoid the same mistakes happening again and/or to fight them more efficiently. It questions the experience of the former Yu
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'Hate Speech' Explained: A Toolkit
London: Article 19 (2015), 88 pp.
Bringing Plurality and Balance to the Russian Language Media Space: Feasibility Study on Russian Language Media Initiatives (RLMIs) in the Eastern Partnership and Beyond. Summary and Recommendations
European Endowment for Democracy (EED) (2015), 5 pp.
"Recommendations revolve around five building blocks of a co-ordinated strategy that calls for: 1. A regional news hub for the Russian language that embodies the values of fairness, accuracy and watchdog reporting, and builds a network of partners to leverage high-quality news content to wider audie
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Combattre les discours de haine sur internet
Paris: UNESCO (2015), 82 pp.
World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development: Special Digital Focus 2015
Deep Insights
Paris: UNESCO (2015), 197 pp.
"With a focus on online hate speech, protection of journalism sources, the role of internet intermediaries in fostering freedom online, and the safety of journalists, the report highlights the importance of new actors in promoting and protecting freedom of expression online and off-line." (Back cove
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Countering Violent Extremism: Developing an Evidence-Base for Policy and Practice
Perth (AU): Hedayah; Curtin University (2015), 152 pp.
The ISIS Twitter Census: Defining and Describing the Population of ISIS Supporters on Twitter
Washington, DC: Brookings Institution (2015), 65 pp.
"From September through December 2014, we estimate that at least 46,000 Twitter accounts were used by ISIS supporters, although not all of them were active at the same time [...] Typical ISIS supporters were located within the organization’s territories in Syria and Iraq, as well as in regions con
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