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The Counter-Narrative Handbook
London: Institute for Strategic Dialogue (2016), 66 pp.
Incitement in Media Content and Political Discourse in EU Member States
Vienna: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) (2016), 16 pp.
"This European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) contribution to the second Annual Colloquium on Fundamental Rights provides a snapshot of manifestations of incitement in media content and political discourse against different groups in EU member states. It outlines the European and internat
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The Counter-Narrative Monitoring & Evaluation Handbook
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
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Das digitale Kalifat: Die geheime Macht des Islamischen Staates
München: Beck (2016), 299 pp.
"Viele Computerspiele faszinieren durch die Verbindung von mittelalterlichem Ambiente und Hightech. Genau hier liegt für viele Jihadisten auch die Faszination des IS, der eine "mittelalterliche" Ordnung mit Hilfe des Internets aufrechterhält. Das Steuersystem orientiert sich am Koran, wird aber di
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Inside De Caliphate's Classroom: Textbooks, Guidance Literature, and Indoctrination Methods of the Islamic State
Washington, DC: Washington Institute for Near East Policy (2016), xii, 76 pp.
"The study is divided into three parts, the first of which describes the Islamic State’s publishing house, Maktabat al-Himma, and its activities and offers a rough chronology of when the group published various works. The second part examines the group’s classroom textbooks, drawing comparisons
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Media Development and Countering Violent Extremism: An Uneasy Relationship, a Need for Dialogue
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
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New Social Media and Politics in Thailand: The Emergence of Fascist Vigilante Groups on Facebook
ASEAS - Austrian Journal of South-East Asian Studies, volume 9, issue 2 (2016), pp. 215-233
"Since 2010, Facebook has become a battleground between competing political camps in Thailand. Facebook groups like the Social Sanction group, tellingly abbreviated as SS, and the Rubbish Collector Organization, which was founded in 2014 and has attracted more than 200,000 members, have played a cru
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Preventing Violent Extremism Through Promoting Inclusive Development, Tolerance and Respect for Diversity: A Development Response to Addressing Radicalization and Violent Extremism
New York: UNDP (2016), 39 pp.
"Development practice has a critical role in providing the foundation for preventing violent extremism. UNDP’s conceptual framework proposes eleven interlinked building blocks for a theory of change explaining how development can help prevent violent extremism. These building blocks, which will in
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Social Media and Conflict in South Sudan: A Lexicon of Hate Speech Terms
Washington, DC: PeaceTech Lab (2016), 20 pp.
"This project aims to address a clear practical and methodological gap that exists in current efforts to tackle hate speech and its effects on communities in conflict zones—namely, how do we identify and contextualize the particular kind of language that’s likely to cause violence? Rather than a
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Winning the Information War: Techniques and Counter-Strategies to Russian Propaganda in Central and Eastern Europe
Washington, DC: Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA) (2016), 64 pp.
"Currently, no dedicated agency or systematic effort analyzes the effect of Russian (or any other) disinformation. Who really watches Russia Today? Where? For how long? And why? Nor do we have the means to systematically track the content: How does the Kremlin’s message in Germany differ from the
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Jihadists Make Telegram Messaging App a Recruiting Tool: The 'Islamic State' Glorifies Terrorism and Turns to German Teenagers
Mainz: jugendschutz.net (2016), 4 pp.
"An app called Telegram is the new hot thing for jihadists to disseminate their propaganda. Terror organizations like the 'Islamic State' (IS) also use this app to win over German us-ers. jugendschutz.net documented a vast amount of graphic content like beheading videos – anyone can use his smartp
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The Islamic State's Global Propaganda Strategy
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
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The ISIS Twitter Census: Defining and Describing the Population of ISIS Supporters on Twitter
Washington, DC: Brookings Institution (2015), 65 pp.
"From September through December 2014, we estimate that at least 46,000 Twitter accounts were used by ISIS supporters, although not all of them were active at the same time [...] Typical ISIS supporters were located within the organization’s territories in Syria and Iraq, as well as in regions con
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Islamism on the Internet: Propaganda, Infringements, Counter Strategies
Mainz: jugendschutz.net (2015), 28 pp.
Wer köpft, dem glaubt man: Der "Islamische Staat" und die Medien
In: Die schwarze Macht: der "Islamische Staat" und die Strategen des Terrors
Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) (2015), pp. 230-248
"Die Medienstrategen des IS wissen, was das Publikum von ihnen erwartet. Ihr hämmernder Text, der Statements, Tweets, Videos, Bilder übertönt, wie hermetisch abgeriegelt ihr Reich ist. Sie bestimmen unser Bild vom "Islamischen Staat". Dafür etikettieren sie ihre Opfer um, leihen sich Tote und l
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Countering Online Hate Speech
Paris: UNESCO (2015), 71 pp.
"The present report provides a global overview of the dynamics characterizing hate speech online and some of the measures that have been adopted to counteract and mitigate it, highlighting good practices that have emerged at the local and global levels. While the study offers a comprehensive analysi
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Countering Violent Extremism: Developing an Evidence-Base for Policy and Practice
Perth (AU): Hedayah; Curtin University (2015), 152 pp.
Bringing Plurality and Balance to the Russian Language Media Space: Feasibility Study on Russian Language Media Initiatives (RLMIs) in the Eastern Partnership and Beyond. Summary and Recommendations
European Endowment for Democracy (EED) (2015), 5 pp.
"Recommendations revolve around five building blocks of a co-ordinated strategy that calls for: 1. A regional news hub for the Russian language that embodies the values of fairness, accuracy and watchdog reporting, and builds a network of partners to leverage high-quality news content to wider audie
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