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Islamist Communications & Media
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Hate Speech, Hate Speech in Social Media
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Radicalisation: Influence of Media
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Extremist Recruitment through Media
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Sexuality: Media Representation, Sexually Explicit Media Content, Pornography
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Ubuntu (Ethical Concept of Southern African Origin)
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Internet Governance, Internet Policies
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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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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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How Jihadists Use Social Media to Recruit Children: Apps Playfully Teach Kids Extremist Ideologies
jugendschutz.net (2016), 3 pp.
Radikalisierung Jugendlicher über das Internet? Ein Literaturüberblick
Deutsches Institut für Vertrauen und Sicherheit im Internet (DIVISI) (2016), 75 pp.
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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Wer köpft, dem glaubt man: Der "Islamische Staat" und die Medien
In: Die schwarze Macht: der "Islamische Staat" und die Strategen des Terrors
Christoph Reuter
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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Communicating War in Mali, 2012: On-Offline Networked Political Agency in Times of Conflict
Journal of African Media Studies, volume 7, issue 2 (2015), pp. 109-128
"This article tries to understand the development of political agency in relation to the unprecedented access to new ICT of the Fulani nomads and urbanites in the Mopti region (Hayre), who engage increasingly with new actors and networks present in the war zone: ‘rebels’ and jihadists; the diasp
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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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World Trends in Freedom of Expression and Media Development: Special Digital Focus 2015
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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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Islamismus im Internet: Propaganda - Verstöße - Gegenstrategien
Mainz: jugendschutz.net (2015), 28 pp.
"Die vorliegende Broschüre fasst die Erkenntnisse von jugendschutz.net aus den Recherchen zu Islamismus im Internet zusammen und beschreibt das Phänomen aus der Perspektive des Jugendschutzes. Im Blick sind dabei vor allem Strategien, mit denen junge User für islamistische Propaganda geködert we
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Mechachal: Online Debates and Elections in Ethiopia. From Hate Speech to Engagement in Social Media
University of Oxford, Programme in Comparative Media Law and Policy (PCMLP) (2015), 103 pp.
"We analyzed more than 13,000 statements during the project. This report primarily builds on the statements that were collected between 24 February and 24 June 2015, three months before and one month after the parliamentary elections that took place in Ethiopia on 24 May 2015. FINDING 1 - Hate and d
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Countering Online Hate Speech
Paris: UNESCO (2015), 71 pp.
"The present report provides a global overview of the dynamics characterizing hate speech online and some of the measures that have been adopted to counteract and mitigate it, highlighting good practices that have emerged at the local and global levels. While the study offers a comprehensive analysi
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Combattre les discours de haine sur internet
Paris: UNESCO (2015), 82 pp.
Tendances mondiales en matières de liberté d'expression et de dévelppement des médias: Regards sur le numérique 2015
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Paris: UNESCO (2015), 210 pp.
Countering Violent Extremism: Developing an Evidence-Base for Policy and Practice
Perth (AU): Hedayah;Curtin University (2015), 152 pp.
Islamism on the Internet: Propaganda, Infringements, Counter Strategies
Mainz: jugendschutz.net (2015), 28 pp.
ISIS and Propaganda: How ISIS Exploits Women
Oxford: Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (2015), 25 pp.
Syria's Socially Mediated Civil War
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2014), 33 pp.
"Analysis of the unprecedented use of social media on Syria points to important findings on the role of new media in conflict zones. In particular, social media create a dangerous illusion of unmediated information flows. Key curation hubs within networks may now play a gatekeeping role as powerful
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Islamist Propaganda Videos on the Internet: Young People Primary Target of Online Recruiting for the Jihadist Movement in Syria
jugendschutz.net (2014), 3 pp.
"The civil war in Syria is the most important propaganda topic for Islamists in Germany at the moment. Even German youngsters have already followed the calls, left their homes to join the fight and have been killed. When recruiting new followers, the jihadists use videos as a central element for spr
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Visual Propaganda and Extremism in the Online Environment
Carlisle, Pennsylvania: U.S. Army War College Press;Strategic Studies Institute (2014), x, 242 pp.
"Visual images have been a central component of propaganda for as long as propaganda has been produced. But recent developments in communication and information technologies have given terrorist and extremist groups options and abilities they never would have been able to come close to even 5 or 10
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Social Media Reporting and the Syrian Civil War
Washington, DC: United States Institute of Peace (USIP) (2013), 3 pp.
"The lack of traditional reporting and verifiable journalistic reports about the ongoing conflict in Syria has led to an increased dependence on social media as a source of news. But assessing the veracity of these reports has proven extremely difficult, creating consistent distortions of Syria’s
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