VIOLENT EXTREMISM AND COMMUNICATIONS - Zgryziewicz, Rafal; Reynolds, Anna (NATO Strategic Communications Centre of Excellence, 2018)
The aim of the project is to build awareness regarding this emerging threat, and to come to a common understanding about what drives the organizations that use extreme violence to defend their ideologies. Most importantly, our aim was to understand the roots of such violence—the seed of an idea flowers into an ideology, which leading proponents and followers further communicate to potential supporters. Although the existing literature extensively describes the problem, this report was greatly enriched by the seminars, working groups, and one-on-one academic discussions I had the privilege of participating in over the past year
Keywords: Politics; Psychology; Media studies; Communication studies; Security and defense; Studies in violence and power; ICT Information and Communications Technologies; Peace and Conflict Studies