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How Conspiracy Theories Can Lead To Extremism And How To Combat Them (Episode 5)

  • Ahmed Baba
  • June 9, 2021

This is Episode 5 in a 6 part video series analyzing radical right extremists. Here’s episode 1, episode 2, episode 3, and episode 4.

Rantt Media has been partnered with the Centre For Analysis of the Radical Right (CARR) for about 3 years now. We’ve published over 150 articles from CARR’s network of PhDs, historians, professors, and experts analyzing extremism and combating disinformation. Now, we’re doing a 6 part video series analyzing radical right extremism and discussing how we can tackle this growing threat.

We saw the culmination of the threat of radical right extremism at the January 6 insurrection and in an increasing number of terrorist attacks over the past several years. We take this threat seriously at Rantt and think it’s important for media organizations to feature extremism experts and researchers in their coverage.

In this episode, we have Dr. Natalie James, an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Nottingham and Head of the Counter-Extremism Research Unit at CARR. We discussed how conspiracy theories like QAnon are being used in extremist recruitment, how to approach conversations with conspiracy theorists, the feasibility of countering conspiracy theories at scale, the importance of education in countering conspiracy theories, and how America as a whole can grapple with the mainstreaming of conspiracy theories. You’ll find time-stamps of what we discussed below:

Intro – 0:07
Natalie’s background and research – 1:08
What students tell Natalie they’re concerned about – 5:40
QAnon correlated with the rise of extremism – 9:05
How to approach conversations with conspiracy theorists – 15:55
Is a counter-conspiracy theory program possible at scale? – 26:45
The importance of education in countering conspiracy theories – 31:00
The practical recommendations for the Biden Administration – 44:40
Right-wing lawmakers and media’s role in perpetuating conspiracy theories and how to address it- 50:39
A whole society approach to counter-extremism – 1:00:15

Ahmed Baba is the co-founder of CARR’s media partner, Rantt Media.

© Ahmed Baba. Views expressed on this website are individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect that of the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right (CARR). We are pleased to share previously unpublished materials with the community under creative commons license 4.0 (Attribution-NoDerivatives).

This interview was originally hosted by Rantt Media. Find the original post here.


Views expressed on this website are individual contributors and do not necessarily reflect that of the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right (CARR). We are pleased to share previously unpublished materials with the community under creative commons license 4.0 (Attribution-NoDerivatives).
Ahmed Baba

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