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The Role of Media in Public Advocacy and Countering Violent Extremism

Nadia Sraieb-Koepp

In: The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action

Robin Andersen; Robin Purnaka L. de Silva (eds.)

London: Routledge (2017), pp. 261-267

"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 ... more

Youth Led Guide on Prevention of Violent Extremism Through Education: #youthwagingpeace

Carolyn Nash, Yulia Nesterova, Kenneth Primrose, Wing Yu Alice Chan, Paul A. Rios, María José Velásquez Flores, Aniqah Zowmi

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 ... more

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Internet: Smarte neue Welt

welt-sichten, issue 12 (2017), pp. 12-42

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When Media is Used to Incite Violence: The United Nations, Genocide, and Atrocity Crimes

Adama Dieng, Simona Cruciani

In: The Routledge Companion to Media and Humanitarian Action

Robin Andersen; Robin Purnaka L. de Silva (eds.)

London: Routledge (2017), pp. 60-67

"Adama Dieng and Simona Cruciani articulate how hate speech is defined, and draw out its possible consequences. Dieng makes the distinction between hate speech and incitement. Incitement is a very dangerous form of hate speech that can trigger violence and, in some instances, atrocity crimes and eve ... more

Youth and Violent Extremism on Social Media: Mapping the Research

Séraphin Alava, Divina Frau-Meigs, Ghayda Hassan

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 ... more

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Is Social Media a Threat to Democracy?

Anamitra Deb, Stacy Donohue, Tom Glaisyer

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 ... more

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 ... more

Noticias falsas en internet: La estrategia para combatir la desinformación

Buenos Aires: Universidad de Palermo, Centro de Estudios en Libertad de Expresión y Acceso a la Información (CELE) (2017), 26 pp.

We Can! Taking Action Against Hate Speech Through Counter and Alternative Narratives

Agata de Latour, Nina Perger, Ron Salaj, Claudio Tocchi, Paloma Viejo Otero

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 ... more

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Taliban Narratives: The Use and Power of Stories in the Afghanistan Conflict
Top Insights

Thomas H. Johnson

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 ... more

Media, Youth and Radicalization: The Role of Media and Digital Literacy in Countering Violent Extremism

Jad Melki

Beirut: Lebanese American University (LAU), Institute of Media Research and Training (IMRT);Media and Digital Literacy Acedemy of Beirut (MDLAB) (2017), 14 pp.

"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 ... more

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Fake News: The Narrative Battle Over the Ukrainian Conflict

irina Khaldarova, Mervi Pantti

Journalism Practice, volume 10, issue 7 (2016), pp. 891-901

"The crisis in Ukraine has accentuated the position of Russian television as the government’s strongest asset in its information warfare. The internet, however, allows other players to challenge the Kremlin’s narrative by providing counter-narratives and debunking distorted information and fake ... more

The Impact of Counter-Narratives: Insights from a Year-Long Cross-Platform Pilot Study of Counter-Narrative Curation, Targeting, Evaluation and Impact

Tanya Silverman, Christopher J. Stewart, Zahed Amanullah, Jonathan Birdwell

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 ... more

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The Islamic State's Global Propaganda Strategy

Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Nathaniel Barr, Bridget Moreng

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 ... more

Countering Violent Extremism Through Media and Communication Strategies: A Review of the Evidence
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Kate Ferguson

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 ... more

The Counter-Narrative Monitoring & Evaluation Handbook

Loius Reynolds, Henry Tuck

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 ... more

The Role of Online/social Media in Countering Violent Extremism in East Africa

William Robert Avis

Birmingham: GSDRC, University of Birmingham (2016), 15 pp.

Media and Information Literacy: Reinforcing Human Rights, Countering Radicalization and Extremism. MILID Yearbook 2016

Jagtar Singh, Paulette Kerr, Esther Hamburger (eds.)

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 ... more

Media Development and Countering Violent Extremism: An Uneasy Relationship, a Need for Dialogue

Courtney C. Radsch

Washington, DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA) (2016), 21 pp.

"This report describes how media development practitioners perceive the expansion of the Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) agenda’s influence into various aspects of their field, and the different and sometimes ambivalent ways in which they respond to these perceptions. Two conclusions emerge str ... more