Panel 1C: Bringing Old and New Together: Understanding The Evolution of Violent Extremist Strategic Communication Online
Chair: Dr Moign Khawaja (Dublin City University)
Panellists: Prof Miron Lakomy (University of Silesia) Dr Ali Fisher (Human Cognition & Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) Federico Borgonovo (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) Giulia Porrino (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) Silvano Rizieri Lucini (Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore)
Abstract: This panel aims to discuss the latest tactics, strategies and tools employed by violent extremist organisations in their online campaigns. It explores the methods used to spread extremist ideologies, recruit new members, and incite violence through a broad spectrum of mainstream and new online platforms. The panel focuses on several critical aspects of this phenomenon regarding emerging (PMC Wagner and Whitejihad) and existing actors (Salafi-jihadist groups), including their latest set of tactics and strategies employed in disseminating propaganda online, new trends in the broader milieu of digital extremist culture, including the fragmentation of ideology, as well as VEOs’ use of the emergent technologies. To summarise, this panel highlights the latest trends in contemporary digital extremism and discusses how to mitigate its impact more efficiently.
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