The document discusses the risks and problems with counter-messaging for preventing and countering violent extremism (C/PVE). It argues that C/PVE can ignore problematic agendas, focus on certain issues, and establish simplistic causal links. Counter-messaging can also reinforce beliefs, divide people, and close debates. Instead, the document recommends promoting dialogue and listening to concerns. It suggests ensuring communications are evidence-based, benefit receivers rather than control them, and don't make empty promises. Most importantly, actions like improving lives are needed more than words.
This document discusses Albany Associates' perspective on covering preventing and countering violent extremism (PVE) topics through media in different contexts. It argues that terrorism and extremism often exploit local grievances rather than being primarily about ideology or religion. Effective counter-narratives and capacity building for media must be local, addressing underlying issues and allowing local voices that audiences find credible. Albany Associates works across the world using communication strategies to solve complex problems in challenging areas related to PVE.
This document discusses research on ISIS recruits in Syria, including their backgrounds, motivations for joining, and training processes. It finds that most recruits were Syrian men who received religious and military training from ISIS. Some key motivations included access to resources, cash rewards, learning about religion, and fear of alternatives. The training involved indoctrination and emphasized violent tactics. Foreign fighters were often already radicalized before arriving and seen as examples, while their motivations varied from religious belief to seeking money, women, or adventure. Social media was pivotal in spreading ISIS ideology and attracting recruits.
SecDev is a digital research consultancy that addresses challenges in the digital era through innovation. They analyzed trends in online violent extremism (VE) in Bangladesh and Central Asia from April to November 2018. Key findings include:
VE actors are changing how they use social media to avoid detection, shifting to more ambiguous content and closed platforms like Telegram. In Central Asia, hundreds of accounts promote VE ideologies to over 300,000 followers. In Bangladesh, the social media influencer Tamim Al Adnani has gained popularity by criticizing the political system without overt calls for violence. Disinformation is a growing issue exploited by political groups and VE actors in Bangladesh. Next steps include targeted content removal and counter-messaging, as well
The document discusses Albany Associates' approach to tackling violent extremism in Africa through communication. It outlines that violent extremist groups like al Shabaab, Boko Haram, and ISIS use media to recruit. Albany Associates' approach involves assessing local issues, developing alternative narratives, delivering actionable outcomes through local partners, innovating with new technologies and actors, sustaining efforts through coaching, and evaluating progress through feedback. The approach examines extremist narratives and the information ecology to understand how narratives spread and determine the most influential communication channels to deliver counter-narratives.
The document discusses the risks and problems with counter-messaging for preventing and countering violent extremism (C/PVE). It argues that C/PVE can ignore problematic agendas, focus on certain issues, and establish simplistic causal links. Counter-messaging can also reinforce beliefs, divide people, and close debates. Instead, the document recommends promoting dialogue and listening to concerns. It suggests ensuring communications are evidence-based, benefit receivers rather than control them, and don't make empty promises. Most importantly, actions like improving lives are needed more than words.
This document discusses Albany Associates' perspective on covering preventing and countering violent extremism (PVE) topics through media in different contexts. It argues that terrorism and extremism often exploit local grievances rather than being primarily about ideology or religion. Effective counter-narratives and capacity building for media must be local, addressing underlying issues and allowing local voices that audiences find credible. Albany Associates works across the world using communication strategies to solve complex problems in challenging areas related to PVE.
This document discusses research on ISIS recruits in Syria, including their backgrounds, motivations for joining, and training processes. It finds that most recruits were Syrian men who received religious and military training from ISIS. Some key motivations included access to resources, cash rewards, learning about religion, and fear of alternatives. The training involved indoctrination and emphasized violent tactics. Foreign fighters were often already radicalized before arriving and seen as examples, while their motivations varied from religious belief to seeking money, women, or adventure. Social media was pivotal in spreading ISIS ideology and attracting recruits.
SecDev is a digital research consultancy that addresses challenges in the digital era through innovation. They analyzed trends in online violent extremism (VE) in Bangladesh and Central Asia from April to November 2018. Key findings include:
VE actors are changing how they use social media to avoid detection, shifting to more ambiguous content and closed platforms like Telegram. In Central Asia, hundreds of accounts promote VE ideologies to over 300,000 followers. In Bangladesh, the social media influencer Tamim Al Adnani has gained popularity by criticizing the political system without overt calls for violence. Disinformation is a growing issue exploited by political groups and VE actors in Bangladesh. Next steps include targeted content removal and counter-messaging, as well
The document discusses Albany Associates' approach to tackling violent extremism in Africa through communication. It outlines that violent extremist groups like al Shabaab, Boko Haram, and ISIS use media to recruit. Albany Associates' approach involves assessing local issues, developing alternative narratives, delivering actionable outcomes through local partners, innovating with new technologies and actors, sustaining efforts through coaching, and evaluating progress through feedback. The approach examines extremist narratives and the information ecology to understand how narratives spread and determine the most influential communication channels to deliver counter-narratives.