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  • Aug252020

    “I Will Tell You a Story About Jihad”: IS’s Propaganda and Narrative Advertising

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    The question of IS’s remarkable propaganda success became a topic of major interest for many researchers in the last five…

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  • Aug242020

    Online Extremist Funding Campaigns: COVID-19 and Beyond

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    On 5 August 2020 the United States District Court for the District of Columbia filed a criminal complaint for forfeiture…

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  • Aug212020

    Counterterrorism and Terrorist Innovation

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    Historically, counterterrorism has largely been reactive, adopting policies and measures to respond to what violent extremists do. The purpose of…

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  • Aug202020

    Editing for the Caliphate: Assessing Islamic State’s Editing Process and Equipment

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    For the past six years, Islamic State’s media has awed potential recruits and shocked their enemies. The media has been…

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  • Aug192020

    Militant Group Attacks Types and Shifts in Media Campaigns

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    Interviews with imprisoned and former members of Islamic State (IS) and al-Qaeda document that such group’s online media campaigns provide…

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  • Aug172020

    Terrorist e-Autobiographies: An Underexamined Form of Online Propaganda?

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    Whilst terrorists have long been noted as proficient writers, their autobiographical accounts have traditionally been viewed sceptically as after-the-fact justifications…

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  • Aug142020

    Catfishing to Counter Extremism: Lessons from an Indonesian Experiment

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    From anxious captive audiences to fresh subversive narratives, COVID-19 has been a boon for those who peddle their extremism in…

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  • Aug132020

    Moving Away from Islamist Extremism: Assessing Counter Narrative Responses to the Far-Right Online

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    Over the past decade and a half, counter-narratives – defined as ‘messages that…, deconstruct or delegitimise extremist narratives’ (Tuck and…

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  • Aug122020

    An Interview on Islamic State’s Media Work in 2014 – Five Questions with Medyan Dairieh Part 1

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    It seemed unlikely to get in touch with Medyan Dairieh, a man who has stopped giving interviews. To add to…

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  • Aug112020

    Italy and the Vatican in Islamic State Propaganda

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    In recent weeks, Islamic State (IS) targeted Italy in its official online propaganda. The jihadist organisation explicitly mentioned the country…

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