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Media Minded, explores the bizarre world of disinformation . Each season tackles a new facet of the fight against disinformation, radicalisation and foreign state interference. Aided by the rapid invention of new information and communication technologies, terrorist organisations, state actors and disinformation agents have devised new ways to recruit and train members, and upend local communities with deadlier and more destructive tactics. Through interviews with leading counter terrorism experts, journalists, psychologists, and organisations fighting extremists in their communities, we look to learn and expose those who would sacrifice peace, integrity, and justice on the altar of disinformation, violence, and chaos.
Season 4
Season 4 of Media Minded explores radicalisation and disinformation in West Africa. Each episode tackles a new facet of the fight against violent extremism in the region. Aided by the rapid invention of new information and communication technologies, terrorist organisations have devised new ways to recruit and train members, and upend local communities with deadlier and more destructive tactics. Through interviews with leading counter terrorism experts, journalists, psychologists, and organisations fighting extremists in their communities, this series equips listeners with the knowledge and successful strategies to counter radicalisation at home.
Season 2
Season 2 of Media Minded explores the bizarre world of conspiracies. Each episode platforms a different subject who has previously been a victim of, or a willing participant in, a conspiracy theory… but these lines may be more blurred than you think. Ex-cultists, anti-vaxxers and more describe their slow descent into the untrue, and those who experience the brunt of the lies and hatred explain the effect that the proliferation of these ideas has. All the while, industry-leading academics and experts provide theoretical justifications for the actions taken by all parties.
Season 1
Season 1 of Media Minded explores the bizarre world of misinformation, with interviews from the journalists tasked with fighting them. Each episode focuses on accounts from the journalist being interviewed. Listen to first-hand experience working in the fast-moving world of breaking news and hear in-depth accounts of investigations into disinformation campaigns.
