In Plain Sight
Extremist organisations have been hiding in plain sight for decades. They are good at it. This workshop teaches you the tricks they use, and how to make yourself, and the people around you, significantly harder to manipulate.
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The Architecture of PropagandaHow influence content is built: the structural and linguistic patterns that appear across extremist materials, regardless of ideology or language.
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Cultural and Linguistic MarkersThe specific tells, in Arabic, English, and across translation, that reveal the hand behind the message. What makes badly made propaganda detectable, and what makes the well-made kind dangerous.
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Real-World Case StudiesLive examples drawn from documented campaigns. Participants analyse actual materials, apply the detection framework, and learn to distinguish clumsy attempts from sophisticated operations.
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Building ResilienceHow to become an audience that is hard to manipulate, and how to help others do the same. Practical tools for media literacy, institutional response, and everyday critical reading.
Grounded in a postgraduate degree in Linguistics and Discourse Analysis, with specialisations in translation, English language, and the study of persuasion. The framework has been applied in professional settings across government, media, and policy, and is designed to be immediately usable outside the workshop room.
Journalists, policy professionals, educators, communications teams, and anyone who works with information, or is affected by the lack of reliable information, in high-stakes environments.
Available as a keynote, workshop, or half-day intensive. If you're building a media literacy programme or want to talk through the format, reach out directly.