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D4.1 – Progress Report on
Social Network Analysis and Text Analysis
This progress report explores harmful content propagation on social media, focusing on disinformation and conspiracy theories related to online radicalization. Using data from the Daily Mail forum, Telegram, and YouTube, the research examines the mechanics and impact of this content on public opinion and societal discourse.
D4.6 Progress report on data scraping extremist content
The research presented in this report is closely intertwined with other tasks within the SMIDGE framework. Therefore, it shares an overall theoretical framework with other work packages and tasks, particularly the task of mapping ‘current popular conspiracy theories, misinformation, and extremist content’
D5.1 PROGRESS REPORT ON ONLINE SURVEY
Based on the preliminary outcomes of WP3 and WP4, SMIDGE developed an online survey to examine the factors that are related to attitudes and experiences of extremist media in middle age. The survey focuses on exploring the impact of demographic, social, personality and cognitive factors on middle-aged individuals’ extremist and conspiratorial mindset and their ability to evaluate media content.
D4.2- sOCIAL NETWORK Analysis and text analysis report
I'm a paragraph. Click here to add your own text and edit me. It's This report presents an in-depth analysis of social network interactions and text-based discussions within online platforms, focusing on the dis-semination of disinformation, conspiracy theories, and polarizing con-tent. Using Social Network Analysis (SNA) and Natural Language Pro-cessing (NLP), the study examines Telegram messages, Daily Mail user comments, and external domains to map relationships between online communities and key narratives.
d4.3 - Sentiment Analysis Report
This study examines the emotional and moral dynamics that drive engagement with disinformation, conspiracy theories, and polarizing content in online dis-cussions. Through a sentiment analysis of user comments on Daily Mail arti-cles, we explore how different emotions and moral framings shape public dis-course.
D6.1 - Counter Videos and Micro-Content Interim Report
This interim report on the creation of counter-narratives for the SMIDGE project offers: an introduction, including context and background to the project and the use of narratives; how this work relates to the previous research carried out for SMIDGE and how the results from previous research inform this work; a delineation of the purpose, methodology and research conducted as part of the development process for counter-narrative video content; an analysis of the development process and counter-narrative video content; an overview of collaboration from Hamlett the film company working in partnership with DMU in the creation of video content; an overview of the micro-content creation; a summary of the evaluation of the content created and future use.
D6.3 - Webinar Report
This report presents a synthesis of insights and discussions from four webinars conducted under Task 6.4 of the SMIDGE Project, each dedicated to examining extremist narratives and their impact on adults aged 45–65. The webinars—covering topics such as far-right and religious radicalization, digital gaming spaces, and disinformation—brought together experts from journalism, academia, and civil society to explore how ideology, conspiracy theories, and manipulated information combine to radicalize middle-aged individuals.