Understanding and Mitigating Violent Protests
Resources around understanding and mitigating violent protests. These resources may help to understand the violent behaviour and the misinformation on social media in relation to the UK riots of August 2024, and how to counter it.
Special
Olivia Brown
The role of social media in far-right violence
Special |
2 min read
Article
Laura G. E. Smith
Digital Traces of Offline Mobilisation
Article |
5 min read
Article
Olivia Brown
Right-wing extremism online: can we use digital data to measure risk?
Article |
5 min read
Academic publication
Olivia Brown, Laura G. E. Smith, Brittany Davidson, Adam Joinson
Online Signals of Extremist Mobilisation
Academic publication |
2 min read
Poster
Charis Rice, Martin Innes, Jenny Ratcliffe
The STARS Framework
Poster |
1 min read
Guide
Stephane Baele, Lewys Brace, Travis Coan
Mining The Chans
Guide |
6 min read
Report
Paul Thomas, Michele Grossman
Community Reporting Thresholds
Report |
10 min read
Report
Charis Rice, Martin Innes, Jenny Ratcliffe
Situational Threat And Response Signals (STARS): Public-Facing Counter-Terrorism Strategic Communication Campaigns [FULL LITERATURE REVIEW & SUMMARY BRIEFING]
Report |
3 min read
Report
Joel Busher, Donald Holbrook, Graham Macklin
The Internal Brakes on Violent Escalation: The British Extreme Right
Report |
1 min read
Article
Joel Busher, Gareth Harris, Julia Ebner, Zsófia Hacsek, Graham Macklin
The escalation and inhibition of violence during waves of far-right or anti-minority protests
Article |
6 min read
Report
Joel Busher, Gareth Harris, Julia Ebner, Zsófia Hacsek, Graham Macklin
The Dynamics Of Violence Escalation And Inhibition During 'Hot Periods' Of Anti-Minority And Far-Right Activism
Report |
10 min read
Article
Elizabeth Morrow
Loyal footsoldiers: The attractions of EDL activism
Article |
5 min read
Policy brief
Tom Buchanan
Why Do People Share Disinformation On Social Media?
Policy brief |
15 min read
Policy brief
Martin Innes
Russian influence and interference measures following the 2017 UK terrorist attacks
Policy brief |
1 min read
Article
Robert Nash
In the misinformation age, remember that your memories might be fake news
Article |
5 min read
Report
Cerwyn Moore
Russia and Disinformation: Institutions and Actors
Report |
6 min read
Article
Stephan Lewandowsky, Sander van der Linden, John Cook
Can we inoculate against fake news?
Article |
4 min read
Report
Stephan Lewandowsky, Muhsin Yesilada
Inoculating Against the Spread of Islamophobic and Radical-Islamist Disinformation
Report |
2 min read
Report
Martin Innes
Soft Facts and Digital Behavioural Influencing After the 2017 Terror Attacks
Report |
5 min read
Report Poster Special
Ben Lee, Deanna Reder, Cameron Greig
Timeline: Extreme Right-Wing Terrorism in the UK
Report | Poster | Special |
1 min read
Article
Ben Lee
A Short Guide to Narratives of the Far-Right
Article |
3 min read
Article
Ben Lee
What is Siege Culture?
Article |
3 min read
Guide
Ben Lee
Understanding the Far-Right Landscape
Guide |
1 min read
Article
Ben Lee
Think Global, Act Local: Reconfiguring Siege Culture
Article |
5 min read
Report
Alexandra Phelan, Jessica White, Claudia Wallner, James Paterson
Misogyny, Hostile Beliefs and the Transmission of Extremism: A Comparison of the Far-Right in the UK and Australia
Report |
2 min read
Report
Understanding Interactions between Conspiracy Communities and Far Right Groups on Telegram and the Role of Figureheads
Report |
3 min read
Article
Bettina Rottweiler, Paul Gill
Conspiratorial thinking and far-right extremist attitudes
Article |
5 min read
Guide
Bettina Rottweiler, Paul Gill
Conspiracy Theories and Extremism: Meta-Analysis of Psychological, Cognitive and Personality Correlates of Conspiracy Beliefs
Guide |
2 min read
Report
Introducing SHIFT Analysis and Understanding Intra-actions within QAnon: Co-presence of Conspiracy Beliefs and Extremism
Report |
3 min read
Report
Karen Douglas, Robbie Sutton, Chee Sing (Jim) Ang, Farzin Deravi, Joe Uscinski, Türkay Nefes
Conspiracy Theories: How are they adopted, communicated, and what are their risks?
Report |
1 min read