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We Can! Taking Action Against Hate Speech Through Counter and Alternative Narratives
Cork: Primento Digital Publishing, revised ed. (2017), 156 pp.
"WE CAN! is the latest addition to our toolbox against hate. The most damaging examples of hate speech are often grounded in simple stories, which are repeated over and over again in different forms. The migrants “taking our jobs” narrative, for example. Or the consistent claim, made by radicals
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"This preliminary technical report examines the relationship between media uses of Lebanese youth and their potential attraction to extremism—broadly conceived. The study focuses on school students aged 14 to 18 and their teachers. It is based on 16 focus groups distributed across the country and
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Soviet Subversion, Disinformation and Propaganda: How the West Fought Against it. An Analytic History, with Lessons for the Present
London: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (2017), 7 pp.
"What were Soviet influence and disinformation campaigns? What did the West do about them? This study answers these questions, explaining the Cold War strategies followed by the USSR, as well as the Western response. Eleven case studies follow, each one examining a counter-disinformation tactic in d
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The Role of Media in Public Advocacy and Countering Violent Extremism
"Nadia Sraieb-Koepp shares her experiences designing participatory media campaigns and visual strategies that helped facilitate the democratic transition in Tunisia in 2011. She offers her thoughts about the need for inclusive social media strategies designed to counter recruitment messages targetin
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Is Social Media a Threat to Democracy?
Omidyar Group (2017), 20 pp.
"It is becoming increasingly apparent that fundamental principles underlying democracy—trust, informed dialogue, a shared sense of reality, mutual consent, and participation—are being put to the test by certain features and attributes of social media. As technology companies increasingly achieve
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Youth Led Guide on Prevention of Violent Extremism Through Education: #youthwagingpeace
New Delhi: UNESCO; Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable Development (MGIEP) (2017), 324 pp.
"This guide is driven by the need not to add to the library of information on violent extremism but to underscore a message often missed: to reach young people effectively, we must respect their ability to grasp the reality of injustice, intolerance, and inequity [...] we found that three key messag
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Submission to: Inquiry into Fake News
London: King’s College London, Centre for the Study of Media, Communication and Power (CMCP) (2017), 13 pp.
"1. There is no clear or consistent definition of fake news; 2. Fake news is not a new phenomenon, nor is it limited to social media; 3. There is a dearth of evidence about the scale, dissemination or effects of fake news; 4. Fake news is a symptom of much broader structural problems with our digita
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Guía para combatir el discurso de odio
Madrid: Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG) (2017), 19 pp.
"Esta guía elaborada por la Fundación Secretariado Gitano (FSG) tiene como objetivo principal ofrecer orientaciones a las organizaciones que trabajan por la igualdad de trato y la no discriminación, a agentes clave y a la ciudadanía, sobre qué es el discurso de odio y cómo combatirlo más efic
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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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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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The Counter-Narrative Monitoring & Evaluation Handbook
London: Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) (2016), 55 pp.
"The aim of this handbook is to provide civil society campaigners with the knowledge and skills they need to undertake high quality counter-narrative campaign evaluations. It presents model frameworks and case studies of successful counter-narrative M&E, as well as a range of useful tools and resour
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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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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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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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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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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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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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