Essays about: "Extremism"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 85 essays containing the word Extremism.

1. 6. “If you’re on this sub, you’re on every watchlist possible.” An open-source investigation into the gamification of terrorism on Reddit’s user-run forum r/unexpectedjihad

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Agnieszka Ewa Gryz; [2023]
   Keywords : Gamification; Terrorism; Extremism; Jihad; Reddit; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This study investigates the emerging phenomenon of gamification of terrorism, understood as the exploitation of video games mechanics and aesthetics to radicalize, proliferate propaganda and produce terror. Through an open-source ethnographic exploration of the “r/unexpectedjihad” community on Reddit, it attempts to answer how and to what extent violent jihadi sympathizers are gamifying terror in a digital setting. READ MORE

3. 7. Examining the United Kingdom's Counter–terrorism Strategy:A discourse analysis of Prevent and its depiction of violent Islamist extremism

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Govand Barawi; [2023]
   Keywords : Prevent; UK; Terrorism;

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4. 8. Terrorist Threats in Scandinavia: A comparative study of the most significant terrorist threats in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway between 2001-2022

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Ulrikke Dyrholm; [2023]
   Keywords : Terrorist threats; intelligence agencies; Scandinavia; securitization theory; threat assessment; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The Scandinavian countries have neither been a focus area in terrorism nor intelligence studies, even though the Scandinavian intelligence agencies perceive the terrorist threats as rather present in their countries. This thesis aims to examine the similarities and differences within the assessment of the most significant terrorist threats in Denmark, Sweden, and Norway between 2001-2022 based on the threat assessment reports published by the Scandinavian intelligence agencies. READ MORE

5. 9. »CAUSA CAFFIER«: FAR-RIGHT CONNECTIONS IN GERMAN POLITICS AND SECURITY AGENCIES - Political Crisis Communication and its Representation in Legacy News Media

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för journalistik och masskommunikation

   Author : Merle Frederike Sontheimer; [2022-09-01]
   Keywords : Germany; Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania; right-wing radicalism; extremism; crisis communication; image repair; image restoration; political communication; CDU; Lorenz Caffier; Nordkreuz;

   Abstract : Purpose: The purpose of this case study is to add to research on crisis communication, accountability, and scandals in evaluating a German state Minister of Interior’s exoneration strategies through their representation in news media. Additionally, it aims to offer insights on German legacy news media’s treatment of a rightwing radicalist crisis and implications of its potential failures. READ MORE

6. 10. The Quiet Part Out Loud - Conspiracy theories and the rhetoric among activists in Sweden related to the Coronavirus pandemic

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Felix Adolfsson; [2022]
   Keywords : anti-vaccination; Covid-19; digital environments; stigmatized knowledge; democracy; far-right ideology; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis deals with a set of organized activist movements during the harshest restrictions of the Covid-19 pandemic in Sweden. These groups protested both online and offline against imposed restrictions and vaccinations, displaying a critical attitude towards recommendations and restrictions such as by gathering in large crowds. READ MORE