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Posts tagged with ‘Counter-Narrative’

  • Aug112021

    The ‘4M Way’ to Promoting Alternative Narratives to Violent Islamist Extremism in Muslim Mindanao

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    Following the collapse of the so-called caliphate in March 2019, Islamic State (IS) has “repositioned its propaganda narrative to one…

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  • Jul262021

    When Counter-Speech Backfires: The Pitfalls of Strategic Online Interaction

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    For a long time, hatred and incitement on social media have been treated as a relatively apolitical and purely virtual…

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  • Apr262021

    From Gangs to Groupuscules & Solo-Actor Terrorism: New Zealand Far-Right Narratives and Counter-Narratives in the Context of the Christchurch Attack

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    At 1.40pm on 15 March 2019, Christchurch shooter, Brenton Heston Tarrant, approached the Al-Noor Mosque near the city’s Hagley Park.…

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  • Sep292020

    Exposing Terror, Building Resilience: Harnessing Citizen Journalists and Social Media to Confront Terrorism

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    “I can’t report”; “I don’t trust the security forces to report”; “I have reported before, but he–the terrorist–was released”; “reporting…

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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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  • Jul272020

    Counter-Narratives – Curse or Blessing?

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    Taking stock of the increased spread of extremist narratives – especially on social media – the search for appropriate counter-measures…

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