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Radicalisation: Influence of Media
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Ubuntu (Ethical Concept of Southern African Origin)
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Religious Freedom
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Fascism
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Research in Media & Communication
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Youth Violence & Violence Prevention
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Nomades
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Youth and Radicalization in Mombasa, Kenya: A Lexicon of Violent Extremist Language on Social Media
Washington, DC: PeaceTech Lab; Media Monitoring Africa (2018), 36 pp.
"Though it’s well-known that extremist groups like al-Shabaab use social media to spread fear and recruit susceptible youth, there’s very little evidence-based research that details how at-risk youth use social media and how language is weaponized online by extremists to radicalize and recruit t
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Islamism on the Internet: 2017 Report
Mainz: jugendschutz.net (2018), 19 pp.
Digital Media Literacy in Conflicts: The Increasing Role of Social Media in South Sudan
In: International Handbook of Media Literacy Education
New York; London: Routledge (2017), pp. 368-379
"In this chapter we have discussed a number of concrete strategies and practical examples on how to implement digital media literacy projects even in a difficult political and socio-cultural context like South Sudan. These are based in developing a holistic approach that considers citizen interactio
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Hass im Internet: Zivilitätsverluste in der digitalen Kommunikation
Communicatio Socialis, volume 50, issue 3 (2017), pp. 318-333
"Menschenfeindliche und rassistische Äußerungen (Hate Speech) gegenüber religiösen und ethnischen Gruppen im Internet haben sich weltweit massiv ausgebreitet. Das Internet ist weniger ein Ort der multikulturellen Begegnung als des aggressiven Kulturkampfes mit weitreichenden Folgen für gesellsc
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More Than Propaganda, a Review of Boko Haram's Public Messages
Pretoria: Institute for Security Studies (ISS) (2017), 31 pp.
"Although not always consistent, Boko Haram has ensured its narrative is publicly disseminated, which is revealing for a group that is extremely secretive. Messaging creates awareness about the group and its activities, which can tie into recruitment. Messaging demonstrates a clear pattern of expand
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Online Hate Speech in the European Union: A Discourse-Analytic Perspective
Springer (2017), viii, 90 pp.
"The central objective of this volume has been to show that legislation against hate speech in the EU may be an effective first step towards combatting the phenomenon, but it might not be adequate on its own to contain the present situation. This is because hate speech has multiple ways of being exp
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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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A Summary of the Study “Religious Extremism in the Media”
Tirana: Albanian Media Institute (2017), 8 pp.
"The monitoring and the analysis carried out for the purpose of this study found out that the media and the institutional channels of mass communication of religious communities have behaved correctly while carrying out their duties, and have established a climate of communication that emits and fos
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As Terrorism Evolves: Media, Religion, and Governance
Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (2017), xi, 189 pp.
"Seib traces how terrorism has proliferated and increased significantly in menace in the relatively brief period between the rise of al-Qaeda and the creation of Islamic State. With close attention to the linkages between media, religion, and violence, the book offers incisive analysis of how organi
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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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Taliban Narratives: The Use and Power of Stories in the Afghanistan Conflict
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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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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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L'impact du jihad virtuel
Paris: L'Harmattan (2016), 184 pp.
Inside De Caliphate's Classroom: Textbooks, Guidance Literature, and Indoctrination Methods of the Islamic State
Washington, DC: Washington Institute for Near East Policy (2016), xii, 76 pp.
"The study is divided into three parts, the first of which describes the Islamic State’s publishing house, Maktabat al-Himma, and its activities and offers a rough chronology of when the group published various works. The second part examines the group’s classroom textbooks, drawing comparisons
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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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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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