Abstract
In response to the rise of the so-called Islamic State and its effective use of propaganda to recruit and radicalise followers, countering the communication strategies of a range of terrorist and violent extremist actors has become a significant challenge for policymakers and practitioners. Over the past decade, counter-messaging campaigns have increasingly played a central role within Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) programming. However, evidence supporting the effectiveness of these campaigns remains limited. While previous systematic reviews have focused on empirical and theoretical contributions, this paper makes a valuable contribution by conducting the first systematic review of evaluations of ‘live’ CVE counter-messaging campaigns. The study provides important insights into the effectiveness of current campaigns and offers recommendations for improving future strategies.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | (In-Press) |
| Number of pages | 39 |
| Journal | Behavioral Sciences of Terrorism and Political Aggression |
| Volume | (In-Press) |
| Early online date | 7 Nov 2024 |
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| Publication status | E-pub ahead of print - 7 Nov 2024 |
Bibliographical note
© 2024 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consentKeywords
- Strategic communications
- counter-messaging
- terrorism
- violent extremism
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Psychology
- Sociology and Political Science
- Political Science and International Relations
