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Differentiating act from ideology: evidence from messages for and against violent extremism

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Differentiating act from ideology: evidence from messages for and against violent extremism. / Prentice, Sheryl; Taylor, Paul; Rayson, Paul et al.
In: Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, Vol. 5, No. 3, 08.2012, p. 289-306.

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Prentice, S, Taylor, P, Rayson, P & Giebels, E 2012, 'Differentiating act from ideology: evidence from messages for and against violent extremism', Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, vol. 5, no. 3, pp. 289-306. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-4716.2012.00103.x

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Prentice, S., Taylor, P., Rayson, P., & Giebels, E. (2012). Differentiating act from ideology: evidence from messages for and against violent extremism. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research, 5(3), 289-306. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1750-4716.2012.00103.x

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Prentice S, Taylor P, Rayson P, Giebels E. Differentiating act from ideology: evidence from messages for and against violent extremism. Negotiation and Conflict Management Research. 2012 Aug;5(3):289-306. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-4716.2012.00103.x

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Prentice, Sheryl ; Taylor, Paul ; Rayson, Paul et al. / Differentiating act from ideology: evidence from messages for and against violent extremism. In: Negotiation and Conflict Management Research. 2012 ; Vol. 5, No. 3. pp. 289-306.

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abstract = "Although researchers know a great deal about persuasive messages that encourage terrorism, they know far less about persuasive messages that denounce terrorism and little about how these two sides come together. We propose a conceptualization that distinguishes a message{\textquoteright}s support for an act from its support for the ideology underlying an act. Our prediction is tested using corpus-linguistic analysis of 250 counter-extremist messages written by Muslims and U.K. officials and a comparison set of 250 Muslim extremist messages. Consistent with our prediction, Muslim extremist and Muslim counter-messages show disagreement on terrorist actions but agreement in ideological aspects, while U.K. officials{\textquoteright} counter-messages show disagreement with both Muslim extremists{\textquoteright} acts and ideology. Our findings suggest that counter-messages should not be viewed as a homogenous group and that being against violent extremism does not necessarily equate to having positive perceptions of Western values.",
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