- Oct192022Linda Schlegel
Playing Against Radicalisation: Why Extremists are Gaming and How P/CVE Can Leverage the Positive Effects of Video Games to Prevent Radicalisation
Read moreThe potential nexus between gaming and extremism is an increasingly important concern for researchers, tech companies, policymakers, and practitioners working…
- Jul052022Linda Schlegel
Persuading with Fantasy: Why Digital P/CVE Narrative Campaigns May Benefit from Fictional Elements
in InsightsRead moreThe narratives we are exposed to and the stories we tell ourselves and each other have a profound impact on…
- Feb072022Linda Schlegel
Creating Digital Narrative Worlds: The Promises of Transmedia Storytelling for P/CVE Narrative Campaigns
in InsightsRead moreExtremism is – at least partially – a communication challenge. The acceptance of extremist narratives, which provide followers with a…
- Sep152021Linda Schlegel
Into the Dungeon? Possibilities for Primary and Secondary Prevention on Gaming (-Adjacent) Platforms
in InsightsRead moreVideogames, gaming-related content, and gaming (-adjacent) platforms are a new key area of discussion for those seeking to understand how…
- Sep062021Linda Schlegel
Let’s Talk about Games, Baby: Extremist Use of Gaming (-Adjacent) Platforms
in InsightsRead moreIn 2020, the EU Counter-Terrorism Coordinator issued a warning that extremists are increasingly present in digital gaming spaces and in…
- Sep012021Linda Schlegel
As You Like It: User Types in Digital Gamified Radicalisation Processes
in InsightsRead moreVideogames, gaming-related content, game aesthetics, gaming (-adjacent) platforms, gamification, and their potential link to digital extremist content and digitally-mediated radicalisation…
- Jul122021Linda Schlegel
Competing, Connecting, Having Fun: How Gamification Could Make Extremist Content More Appealing
in InsightsRead moreDo extremists like to play? A few years ago, this question may have sounded ridiculous. But since the livestreamed attack…
- Mar292021Linda Schlegel
Let’s Play Prevention: Can P/CVE Turn the Tables on Extremists’ Use of Gamification?
in InsightsRead moreIn the wake of the attacks in Christchurch, El Paso and Halle, the so-called ‘gamification of terror’ has made headlines…
- Dec022020Linda Schlegel
Of Challengers and Socialisers: How User Types Moderate the Appeal of Extremist Gamified Applications
in InsightsRead moreRecent years have seen an increase in the gamification of digital extremist content and discussions around the potential implications of…
- Sep172020Linda Schlegel
No Child’s Play: The Identitarian Movement’s ‘Patriotic’ Video Game
in InsightsRead moreOn 15 September, the German-speaking branch of the Identitarian Movement (Identitäre Bewegung; IB) released its first video game: A classic…
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