Episode 65 - Jullietta Stoencheva on everyday extremism

Lexis

Here are the show notes for Episode 65, in which Raj and Dan talk to Jullietta Stoencheva, PhD candidate in Media and Communication Studies at Malmo University about:

• Extremist narratives and how they are constructed

• Who the ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ are in extremist Us vs Them narratives

• Everyday extremism, plausible deniability and ‘borderline discourse’

• Pushing the Overton window

• Her latest work and what it reveals

The Psychologist article about the everyday extremism project: https://www.bps.org.uk/psychologist/memes-and-mugs-everyday-extremism-digital-mainstream

More about the OppAttune project: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/how-to-participate/org-details/927578603/project/101095170/program/43108390/details

JM Berger’s Extremism: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262535878/extremism/

Jullietta’s NordMedia page: https://nordmedianetwork.org/researchers/jullietta-stoencheva/

Lexis is on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/lexispodcast.bsky.social

Contributors

Lisa Casey

blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ & Twitter: Language Debates (@LanguageDebates)

Dan Clayton

blog: EngLangBlog & Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/englangblog.bsky.social

Jacky Glancey

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackyGlancey

Raj Rana

Matthew Butler

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthewbutlerCA

Music: Serge Quadrado - Cool Guys

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