๐ถExtremism rarely appears overnight.
It often grows through everyday conversations and political narratives.
Next week weโre in Sarajevo for the #OppAttune Final Academy on Hybrid Threats & #EverydayExtremism, bringing together researchers and other EU projects to discuss democratic resilience.
Debate turning into parallel monologues?
Our latest OppAttune study explores how political dialogue can be sustained even in polarised contexts and why democratic resilience depends on keeping disagreement dialogical.
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#PoliticalDialogue #EverydayExtremism #OppAttune
๐The #OppAttune Winter Academy begins this week!
A space for researchers, practitioners and community partners to explore how everyday conversations shape democratic life and how political #attunement and #everydayextremism tools can strengthen dialogue across Europe.
๐ค What does it mean to be political in divisive times?
From 26โ28 Nov in Coimbra, the #OppAttune Winter Academy explores how dialogue can build democratic resilience and limit #everydayextremism - bringing together policymakers and practitioners from across Europe.
๐Explore our work: oppattune.eu
โWhat kind of democrat are you?
Explore your political stance with i-Attune a free 20-minute tool developed by @openuniversity.bsky.social and the OppAttune Project.
Discover your position!
๐ Take the test: open.edu/openlearn/what-kind-democrat-are-you
#iAttune #Everydayextremism #selfdiscovery
Great to see a successful soft launch of i-Attune - now comes the UK!
๐ง A free 20-min tool to explore your political stance & improve democratic debate.
๐ Try it: open.edu/openlearn/what-kind-democrat-are-you
#iAttune #Democracy #EverydayExtremism #PoliticalLiteracy
Editors as narrative-breakers.
The public galvanised by @bestforbritain.org
respond to SkyNews' relationship with the UK Reform Party's flow of live streamed news conferences.
New editorial guidance in the age of direct democracy & the media savvy political party
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๐ฃ New blog posts from #OppAttune Media,Machines & Mobilisation:
Jullietta Stoencheva captures the energy of May Day in Malmรถ, a sunny spring day filled with red flags, diverse voices, and political symbolism.
๐ Read the blog: oppattune.eu/may-day-in-m...
#Malmรถ #OppAttune #EverydayExtremism
๐ฅ Filming with @kesimahendranprof.bsky.social & Dr Anthony English for BBC Morning Live alongside documentary filmmaker Zara McDermott.
๐ธ Big thanks for the powerful investigative journalism
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#EverydayExtremism
๐ฅ Do Your Relationships Need an #EverydayExtremism Check? ๐ฅ
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Join the OU #OppAttune team to explore everyday extremism. Learn to handle disagreements and strengthen relationships this summer. Check out our interactive tool๐
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Building a society of equals starts with understanding what undermines it.
The #EverydayExtremism Scale, developed by Dr. Rebekah Mifsud and Prof. Gordon Sammut (University of Malta) for the #OppAttune project, measures exclusion in everyday life.
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#HowFarisTooFar
What does it mean to build a society of equals?
#OppAttune PhD researchers Tetiana Shyriaieva and Evangelia Vergouli argue that psychology has a vital role in shaping democratic inclusion and dignity.
Read the full article: www.bps.org.uk/psychologist...
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The Psychology of Leadership and Followership: What Makes a Political Leader Influential?
Join #OppAttune PhD candidate Evangelia Vergouli, 1โ2pm, for a talk on the psychology of leadership & followership, with real-world examples.
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Sign up: rb.gy/if9gei
#Democracy #EverydayExtremism
What is #EverydayExtremism and how is it spreading online?
Jullietta Stoencheva PhD researcher & #OppAttune WP4 member, explores how extremist narratives are mainstreamed in anonymous online spaces.
๐ Read and listen to her latest: oppattune.eu/introducing-...
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Freedom of Speech in Ukrainian. Graphic art by Dmytro Dziuba @dimarks Speech bubble in the gap of a pair of pliers.
"I'm not sure they're playing by the same rules"
"It seems like simply point scoring"
Dr Anthony English & I are co-authoring our Model of #PoliticalAttunement our challenge is #everydayExtremism and the fact of shared borders
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Dmytro Dziuba
Within the #OppAttune consortium one of our key case studies, is the relationship between anti-vaccination talk & #everydayextremism
@oppattune.bsky.social
Image of film and title "Books and Culture" taken from The Psychologist Magazine.
Needs some inspo to liberate your thinking on the relationship between democracy & everyday extremism?
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A shift further to the right?
On point analysis on @channel4news from @moreauchevrolet.bsky.social on today' s Le Pen guilty verdict.
How will #Bardella & RN mainstream their party to reasonable voters - while also fighting the judicial process & shouting political witch-hunt?
#EverydayExtremism
To what extent is the rise of the radical right a transnational phenomenon creating new global realignments?
In person talk for those in or near Scotland.๐
#EverydayExtremism
๐จ New Blog Alert! ๐จ
How do extreme narratives creep into everyday conversations? Prof. Kesi Mahendran & Dr. Anthony English explored #EverydayExtremism in their recent talk at Lancaster University.
๐Read more: oppattune.eu
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#OppAttune #PublicDialogue
Photo shows Ukrainian chocolates gifted to OppAttune OU team by our wonderful Phd researcher.
"Three years of resistance" 3 years since Russia invaded Ukraine.
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Within the OppAttune consortium we stand in solidarity with #Ukraine
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Our Ukraine Phd is examining the vexed role of speaking the Russian language & how citizens navigate other symbolic & real shared borders.
#EverydayExtremism
๐ The OppAttune website has moved servers, but our mission stays the same!
We study #EverydayExtremism where it starts, how it connects to extremism, activism & democracy, and how to limit its spread.
Clear your cache & check out the site: oppattune.eu?nocache
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Jullietta Stoencheva on Everyday Extremism.
#EverydayExtremism
๐จ New Blog Post! ๐จ
How do extremist narratives quietly weave into everyday online discussions? A new publication by #OppAttune PhD candidate Jullietta Stoencheva & Prof. Biljana Mileva Boshkoska.
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๐ How do extreme narratives take hold in media & digital spaces? Work Package 4 of #OppAttune explores how misinformation spreads & how attuned dialogue can counteract it.
๐ Find out more in our latest blog: oppattune.eu/media-machin...
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"1 in 12 people in London are illegal"
โ It is not true factually โ
The evolution of this extreme narrative needs the facts @jdportes.bsky.social provides
It also needs narratives that attune, counteract & limit this cosy sofa-led #everydayExtremism
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๐ Special Issue Alert! ๐
We are excited about this special issue ! ๐ข
"How do digital & social media fuel alternative identities, extreme narratives & online communities in times of crisis?"
Be apart of the conversation! ๐
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The 17 OppAttune consortium standing together outside in Berlin in April 2024
We are the #OppAttune 17 partner consortium
Between 2023 - 2026 we are focused on tracking, attuning & limiting political extremism, particularly #everydayExtremism.
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Read our Berlin interim report to find out more ๐
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Two academies coming soon in 2025
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Interested in deconstructing the normalisation of extremist political narratives?
Why not give our sister project @arenasproject.bsky.social a follow!
#extremism
#everydayextremism
#extremenarratives
A set of hands pushing back a large corporate foot
Is political mobilisation all about getting the new media oligarchy onside?
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Perhaps it's time for citizens to understand #everydayExtremism & hone those critical democratic skills.
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Explore our Media Mobilisation and Machines blog
Led by Tina Askanius & Ursula Reeger
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