Social Media narratives: addressing extremism in middle age

社交媒体叙事：解决中年的极端主义

• 批准号: 10056282
• 金额: $ 85.2万
• 依托单位: DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: EU-Funded
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=10056282
• 关键词: Social; Media; narratives; addressing; extremism

Conspiracy theories, misinformation and extremism online is a growing concern to governments. Extreme political narratives have been rising across Europe and these narratives influence mainstream political discourses and policies. This is having a direct impact on perceptions of democratic institutions, trust in science, and leads to calls for direct action (Jan 6th incursion in USA) to overthrow or disrupt democratically elected governments. Those in middle age (45-65) may be both susceptible to extremist narratives and also influential as decision-makers. This group is under-researched, but the impact of them being drawn into extremist content may have significant consequences on political discourse, democratic processes and institutions. SMIDGE will analyse the various forms of extremist discourses and narratives across Europe through social network analysis, textual and content analysis of extremist discourse, and will consider national and demographic specifics through survey, focus groups and interviews in 6 countries (UK, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Kosovo, Cyprus). From this in-depth examination of the current state of the art, SMIDGE will produce counter-narratives, education and training resources aimed at promoting reflexivity, alongside multi-level policy recommendations and evidence-based tools and training for journalists and security professionals. The counter-content will be created through collaboration with stakeholders during co-creation exercises in the focus groups. SMIDGE takes the theory of responsible research and innovation (RRI) as its core conceptual approach to ensure that the project adheres to the highest ethical and quality standards. The outputs from SMIDGE will provide evidence based content, tools and resources that will directly help to counter extremist narratives from multiple perspectives, thereby providing greater understanding of the specificities and characteristics of those in middle-age and their vulnerability to extremism online.

阴谋论、错误信息和网络极端主义日益引起各国政府的关注。极端的政治叙事一直在欧洲各地兴起，这些叙事影响着主流政治话语和政策。这直接影响了人们对民主制度的看法，对科学的信任，并导致呼吁采取直接行动(1月6日入侵美国)来推翻或扰乱民主选举产生的政府。那些中年(45-65岁)的人可能既容易受到极端主义叙事的影响，又作为决策者具有影响力。对这一群体的研究不足，但他们被纳入极端主义内容的影响可能会对政治话语、民主进程和机构产生重大后果。SMIDGE将通过社会网络分析、极端主义话语的文本和内容分析，分析整个欧洲各种形式的极端主义话语和叙述，并将通过在6个国家(英国、意大利、比利时、丹麦、科索沃、塞浦路斯)进行调查、焦点小组和访谈，审议国家和人口方面的具体情况。从对当前技术状况的深入审查中，SMIDGE将产生反叙事、旨在促进自反性的教育和培训资源，以及多层次的政策建议和基于证据的工具，以及对记者和安全专业人员的培训。反内容将在重点小组的共同创作活动中通过与利益攸关方合作来创作。SMIDGE将负责任的研究和创新(RRI)理论作为其核心概念方法，以确保项目遵守最高的道德和质量标准。SMIDGE的产出将提供基于证据的内容、工具和资源，这些内容、工具和资源将直接帮助从多个角度反击极端主义叙述，从而更好地了解中年人的具体情况和特征，以及他们在网上易受极端主义攻击的脆弱性。