No-Book Book Club: Recent Episodes
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This is the podcast where we sit down with researchers, scholars and experts to talk about the elements and influence of terrorism and violent extremism, and as societies what we can do to prevent and counter them.
In this part two, Ms Arul shared with us how sports as a medium helps to instill prosocial behaviours essential to building community resilience. She also spoke about the relationship between youth and the media, and how they can initiate positive movements within their own communities.
In this episode, Ms. Arul shared with us her experiences working with youth in building resilience against the influence of violent extremism. She talked about some of the youth programmes organised which covered a range of themes, from technology to sports.
In this second part of the episode, Dr Nurul Miza shared on how the ‘us vs. them’ narrative is used in messaging, and possible outcome of the radicalisation process in which the outcome may not necessarily be violent in nature. She also talked about some of the skills required to make oneself less susceptible to the influence of violent extremism.
In this episode, Dr Nurul Miza shared with us her study on the psychological aspect of radicalisation process. She deliberated on the factors that could contribute to the process of radicalisation; push and pull risk factors, and the 3 key elements that make messaging appealing: framing narrative, physical structure, and method of deliverance.
In this second part of the episode on Countering Hate Speech through Education, Dr Murni Wan Mohd Nor highlights how peace-loving Malaysians could play a role in counter speech initiatives, representation of ethnic and religious groups in popular media, and developing an educational module for the prevention of hate speech tailored for different levels of society.
In this episode, Dr Murni Wan Mohd Nor speaks on defining hate speech, rights to freedom of expression, the role of social media, and the need to develop counter speech initiatives.
In this part 2 of the episode, we look further into making the gaming ecosystem safe by equipping gamers and gaming-adjacent platform users alike with the tools and knowledge to keep themselves safe from online harm.
The gaming world is a great source of positivity. Gaming and gaming-adjacent platform provide a strong sense of community and belonging, encouraging interaction through features such as in-game text and voice chat. This, however, may potentially be the very reason why extremists seek to exploit these spaces: community building and extensive communication platform. In this episode, we explore possible Preventing/Countering Violent Extremism (PCVE) interventions which include working with the gaming community and industry players in building digital resilience against violent extremism.
In this episode, Dr Ahmad El Muhammady talks about the stages of radicalisation, the role of cyberspace in the process, and the best ways to mitigate the risks of radicalisation.
Youth represent a significant portion of the world’s population. In this episode, Dr. Wendy Yee Mei Tien (Universiti Malaya) shared on the meaningful ways youth could contribute to the culture of peace in their communities. They are often highly motivated in developing and seeking opportunities to explore new ideas. It is therefore necessary to understand the voices of youth and to take youth issues seriously.
When the vast world is connected through the internet and social media platforms, there is 'someone' lurking on the platform trying to utilise it for their own miserable cause. In this episode, we will find out does internet is a safe haven for terrorist groups and violent extremist groups?
We are grateful to have Puan Jasmine Jawhar from the Centre for Political Studies and Economic Diplomacy, Institute of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations (IDFR) to share her research on this topic. She had published the research in the form of monograph and the softcopy of the monograph could be acquired through the link below:
https://www.searcct.gov.my/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Terrorists-Use-Of-The-Internet.pdf
What does it take to move a person, physically, mentally and emotionally? Collective experiences shape who we are and our identities which means no single act, person or event can ever be understood in isolation. Today’s episode is an attempt tp out stories into perspective.
Episod ini meneroka definisi ekstremisme ganas menurut perspektif undang-undang dan keseragamannya dalam konteks dalam dan luar negara.