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Posts tagged with ‘Narrative’

  • Oct212020

    Revisiting the Ecosystem of Islamic State’s ‘Virtual Caliphate’

    The current ‘post-caliphate’ era of Islamic State (IS) has been widely discussed in recent years, following the organisation’s loss of…

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  • Oct072020

    A Comparison of Australian and Canadian Right-Wing Extremist Facebook Group Pages

    It’s well known that social media platforms play a significant role in facilitating right-wing extremist support networks and propagating extremist…

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  • Oct052020

    Conspiracy Extremism and Digital Complexity – Where to Start?

    As the global COVID-19 pandemic rolls on, conspiracy theories are fuelling protests, altercations between citizens and law enforcement, property damage…

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  • Sep292020

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

    “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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  • Aug252020

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

    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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  • Aug192020

    Militant Group Attacks Types and Shifts in Media Campaigns

    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?

    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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  • Jul272020

    Counter-Narratives – Curse or Blessing?

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

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  • Jul062020

    #Hamas: Using Twitter to Gain Legitimacy or Incite Violence?

    The rise of Islamic State (IS) heralded a new wave of important research on violent extremist groups’ use of digital…

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  • Jul032020

    From 4G to Languages: The Developing Online Jihadist Propaganda Network in India

    As online propaganda material specifically targeting Indian and South Asian ecosystems has been appearing more aggressively since the beginning of…

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