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Three steps to talking to a loved one at risk of being radicalised into rioting

Posted on September 25, 2024 (September 19, 2024)

Anthony English, The Open University For some, the shocking scenes of violence which have erupted across dozens of locations in England and Northern Ireland will evoke an all-too-real concern – could someone close to me get involved in the violence? Alongside those directly affected by the act of rioting itself, there are another set of

Middle-aged radicalisation: why are so many of Britain’s rioters in their 40s and 50s?

Posted on September 18, 2024 (September 18, 2024)

Sara H Wilford, De Montfort University Look closely at the pictures of the violent unrest that has spread across England and Northern Ireland and you will notice something that is not being spoken about. The rioters seen fighting, attacking police and setting fire to buildings are often middle aged – people in their 40s, 50s

Propaganda in focus: decoding the media strategy of ISIS

This investigation employs the analytical framework established by Braddock and Horgan to conduct a comprehensive content analysis of 79 official English-language propaganda videos disseminated by ISIS, with the objective of quantifying the thematic composition and the evolutionary trajectory of ISIS’s international media operations and propaganda machinery from 2014 to 2017. The findings reveal that a

Emotions & Belonging in Far-Right Social Media Space

Posted on September 11, 2024 (August 29, 2024)

By Jonathan Collins This blog offers a condensed version of a recently published article in Social Media + Society. To read the full version, click here. The increased participation within far-right alternative platforms (Alt-Tech) is generating significant attention from scholars interested in the community’s communication patterns and dynamics. Perhaps unsurprising for a movement seeking or

VOX-Pol Guest Lecture Series: Cross-Platform Approaches to CVE Online

VOX-Pol Guest Lecture Series, Spring 2023 Speaker: Dr. Erin Saltman Title: Cross-Platform Approaches to Countering Terrorism and Violent Extremism Online Outline: This presentation reviews advances in cross-platform solutions advanced through the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT). GIFCT was founded in 2017 by technology platforms to give structure and support for countering terrorism and

We research online ‘misogynist radicalisation’. Here’s what parents of boys should know

Posted on July 10, 2024 (July 9, 2024)

By Steven Roberts, Monash University and Stephanie Wescott, Monash University Many parents are worried about their children using social media. But these concerns tend to focus on privacy, exposure to explicit material or contact with strangers. As researchers looking at sexism and misogyny in Australian schools and the influence of social media, we think it

Trolling and doxxing: Graduate students sharing their research online speak out about hate

Posted on December 20, 2023 (January 2, 2024)

By Alex Borkowski, York University, Canada; Marion Tempest Grant, York University, Canada, and Natalie Coulter, York University, Canada An increasingly volatile online environment is affecting our society, including members of the academic community and research they pursue. Graduate students are especially vulnerable to online hate, because cultivating a visible social media presence is considered essential

A dictionary of the manosphere: five terms to understand the language of online male supremacists

Posted on September 27, 2023 (January 2, 2024)

By Robert Lawson, Birmingham City University Thot. White knight. Red pilled. Cuck. Beta. Soyboy. Unicorn. Chad. To many people, these words won’t mean much. To others, they are a core part of the vocabulary of the “manosphere” – a collection of websites, social media accounts and forums dedicated to men’s issues, from health and fitness