CDU EXPERT: How extremists are using language to inspire political violence

Charles Darwin University

Who: Charles Darwin University expert Dr Awni Etaywe is a lecturer in linguistics and a forensic linguistics researcher focusing on terrorism, incitement to hatred, radicalisation and genocide, and digital deviance.

Topics:

  • New research into how extremists use inciting language to mobilise support and action.

  • Extremist language surfacing in mainstream areas such as anti-immigration protests.

  • ASIO’s warning that “promotion of communal violence” is rising, with politically motivated violence “flashing red.”

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