How is Extraversion related to Social Media Use? A Literature Review
With nearly 3.5 billion people now using some form of social media, understanding its relationship with personality has become a crucial focus of psychological…
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ISIS Propaganda: A Full-Spectrum Extremist Message
This book offers a comprehensive overview and analysis of the Islamic State’s use of propaganda. Combining a range of different theoretical perspectives from across…
When and How are Lies Told? And the Role of Culture and Intentions in Intelligence-Gathering Interviews
Purpose Lie‐tellers tend to tell embedded lies within interviews. In the context of intelligence‐gathering interviews, human sources may disclose information about multiple events, some…
“Tell me more about this…”: An examination of the efficacy of follow-up open questions following an initial account
In information gathering interviews, follow‐up questions are asked to clarify and extend initial witness accounts. Across two experiments, we examined the efficacy of open‐ended…
Ideological Transmission in Extremist Contexts: Towards a Framework of How Ideas Are Shared
Despite their centrality in academic and policy debates about radicalization and political violence, ideologies have been conceived narrowly, as cognitive, top-down, coherent and systematic….
Soft Facts and Digital Behavioural Influencing After the 2017 Terror Attacks (Summary)
This Executive Summary gives an overview of the eight techniques of disinformation and types of ‘soft facts’. The document summaries research findings from a…
Soft Facts and Digital Behavioural Influencing After the 2017 Terror Attacks (Full Report)
This CREST report examines how ‘soft facts’ influence individual and collective behaviours, and what are the most effective counter-measures for managing their consequences. The…
Sketching while narrating as a tool to detect deceit
In none of the deception studies that used drawings to date, was the effect of sketching on both speech content and drawing content examined,…
Techniques of disinformation: Constructing and communicating “soft facts” after terrorism
Informed by social media data collected following four terror attacks in the UK in 2017, this article delineates a series of “techniques of disinformation”…
Detecting smugglers: Identifying strategies and behaviours in individuals in possession of illicit objects
Behaviour detection officers’ task is to spot potential criminals in public spaces, but scientific research concerning what to look for is scarce. In two…
Imaginative Scenario Planning Toolkit
A toolkit for practising with uncertain security futures. How can we anticipate and counter the diversity of forms in which such abstract and broad…
Imaginative Scenario Planning Report
A report on mitigating future threats via scenario planning. How can we anticipate and counter the diversity of forms in which such abstract and…