[Commlist] Countering Online Hate: Tactics and Strategies for Media Activism event

Colleagues may be interested in this event on mediated activism with 
speakers from various stakeholder groups,

*Countering Online Hate: Tactics and Strategies for Media Activism*

Wednesday 21^st June 2023, Keele University.


This event brings together academics and activists who are interested in 
countering online hate speech.We will be exploring the possibilities and 
limitations of online counternarratives, particularly on Twitter and 
other public facing platforms. As a platform, Twitter’s affordances can 
offer visibility to voices and ideas that are marginalised in mainstream 
media and mobilise solidarities.However, this potential is also limited 
by its political economy that monetises hate, and the speed which events 
turnover on the platform that can result in weak solidarities. We will 
explore these issues and discuss potential countermeasures and 
strategies for activists working in this context.

In the morning, we will be sharing some findings from our AHRC 
project/‘Contesting Islamophobia: Representation and Appropriation in 
Mediated Activism’//
https://www.keele.ac.uk/humanities/study/mcc/research/contestingislamophobia/ 
<https://www.keele.ac.uk/humanities/study/mcc/research/contestingislamophobia/>/.In 
this talk we will demonstrate the dynamics of Islamophobic hate speech 
on Twitter across several trigger events: Brexit, the Christchurch 
terror attack and Covid, explore the networks through which this is 
expressed, and share the findings from interviews with activists who 
have engaged in these conversations. We will engage Muslim advocacy 
groups,including organisations who have informed and collaborated in the 
project’s research questions and design,in responding to these findings.

In the afternoon, activist and policy groups will share their insights 
into countering hate speech online. We will then invite you to 
participate in a discussion/workshop on how to effectively navigate 
messy digital spaces and build allies towards challenging hate.


*Participants/speakers include*:

*/Elizabeth Poole, Eva Giraud, Ed de Quincey and John Richardson/*: AHRC 
#Contesting Islamophobia project

*/Arun Kundnani/*: Author of ‘The Muslims are Coming’, ‘The End of 
Tolerance’ and ‘What is anti-racism?’

*/Center for Countering Digital Hate, Community Policy Forum, Demos, Get 
the Trolls Out, Institute of Strategic Dialogue, MEND, Muslim Council of 
Britain, plus others/*

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/The event will be held in person on the Keele University Campus, where 
refreshments and lunch will be provided. Travel grants will also be 
considered for those who don’t have institutional support.*For the face- 
to- face event only please register here:*/


https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/countering-online-hate-tactics-and-strategies-for-media-activism-tickets-602180928367 
<https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/countering-online-hate-tactics-and-strategies-for-media-activism-tickets-602180928367>


/For those unable to attend for any reason, online attendance will be 
facilitated./

To attend online please contact
(j.e.richardson /at/ keele.ac).ukwho will send you a link in due course.

Full programme will be released nearer the time.Please e-mail John 
Richardson with any questions.

Funded by the AHRC.


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