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	Strengthening Media and Information Literacy in the Context of Preventing Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism: A Focus on South-Eastern Europe View Abstract Strengthening Media and Information Literacy in the Context of Preventing Violent Extremism and Radicalization that Lead to Terrorism: A Focus on South-Eastern Europe This report seeks to raise awareness of critical thinking and analysis, and meaningful engagement in the digital space, in order to build resilience to violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism (VERLT) in South-Eastern Europe. View Full Article	2024	Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe	View Publisher
Chapter	Online Jihadist Magazines View Abstract Online Jihadist Magazines This chapter describes four online jihadist magazines: Al-Qaeda’s Inspire, ISIS’s Dabiq and Rumiyah, and Al-Shabaab’s Gaidi Mtaani. Although the publications of these periodicals have ceased, their popularity on the internet continues to influence would-be jihadists and youths. This chapter’s special focus, of course, remains on sub-Saharan Africa. The impact of these magazines is so widespread that anyone with no proclivity toward radicalism could metamorphose into a potential killing machine by reading those magazines. View Full Article	2024	Matusitz, J. and Wesley, D.	View Publisher
Journal Article	Memes, humor, and the far right’s strategic mainstreaming View Abstract Memes, humor, and the far right’s strategic mainstreaming The far right is increasingly relying on visual and less extreme online communication, for instance by using memes, to strategically mainstream their ideology. The use of humor in particular renders their communication more relatable to a mainstream audience. However, little is known about the actual impacts of the different content characteristics they employ to become more appealing, in particular on less moderated platforms that function as safe online spaces for extremist ideology and contents. To fill this gap, we conducted a manual quantitative content analysis of 1,200 memes distributed within German-language far-right Telegram channels in 2020 and 2021, concentrating on humor and several content-related factors to analyze their impact on meme reach. The results demonstrate that memes with extreme far-right narratives and memes with humor received fewer views than others, but that memes with both far-right narratives and humor had a significantly increased reach. The findings highlight the mainstreaming potential of humor, particularly when used to mask extreme content that would otherwise be less appealing. View Full Article	2024	Schmid, U.K., Schulze, H. and Drexel, A.	View Publisher
VOX-Pol Blog	Three steps to talking to a loved one at risk of being radicalised into rioting View Abstract Three steps to talking to a loved one at risk of being radicalised into rioting VOX-Pol Blog post. View Full Article	2024	English, A.	View Publisher
VOX-Pol Blog	Middle-aged radicalisation: why are so many of Britain’s rioters in their 40s and 50s? View Abstract Middle-aged radicalisation: why are so many of Britain’s rioters in their 40s and 50s? VOX-Pol Blog post. View Full Article	2024	Wilford, S.H.	View Publisher
VOX-Pol Blog	Bangladesh’s political transition viewed as opportunity by Islamic State and al-Qaeda View Abstract Bangladesh’s political transition viewed as opportunity by Islamic State and al-Qaeda VOX-Pol Blog post. View Full Article	2024	McCafferty, S. and Binte Afzal, M.	View Publisher

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