Dr. Nicole Matejic

Dr. Nicole Matejic

Aotearoa New Zealand
Dr. Nicole Matejic is an internationally recognised author & pracademic. She is highly regarded for her work on how influence is exerted in radicalisation towards violent extremism.
Jan
30
The Fake News Kung Fu

The Fake News Kung Fu

Absolutely. Critical for all organizations, especially those that exist to help people and communities. https://t.co/JNI4bVsEnL — Siobhan Heanue
6 min read
Jan
28

Why taking a scorched-earth approach to social media companies won't win the war on terror.

This article first appeared in the LexisNexis Rule of Law Digest in December 2019 (Volume 8, Issue 2).
Nov
25
Converged Crises:  Noxious Actors and Guerrilla Information Warfare

Converged Crises: Noxious Actors and Guerrilla Information Warfare

Exactly. We are in WW3. It's a guerrilla information war and we're all participants. The dividing
6 min read
Aug
30
Apocalypse Near?  A brief primer on Accelerationism.

Apocalypse Near? A brief primer on Accelerationism.

This blog is intended as a brief primer on the complex concept of accelerationism – with a focus on terrorist organisations
7 min read
Jun
22

Influence Wars

This article is based on a presentation I delivered as part of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute’s (ASPI) War
9 min read
Sep
24

Strawberry Terrorism: Why ISIS are interested in Australia’s Strawberry Crisis

ISIS have published a series of propaganda posters in an attempt to turn one of our favourite sweet fruits into a game of edible Russian roulette.
5 min read
Apr
16

The power of info ops for-good campaigns

The term ‘information operations' or ‘info ops’ is usually used in a military context to describe operational influence activities designed to degrade an enemy's capability and impact their decision making.
8 min read
Dec
20

On the Defence Connect Podcast: The Art of Influence

Matejic, a former strategic communications and ministerial services specialist for Defence, takes us through the changing world of Defence in the age of social media, the advent of ISIS, and social media in a conflict environment.
Jul
29

We Don’t Have A Fake News Problem, We Have A Reality Problem

The term ‘fake news’ has become the ultimate sledge and narrative equaliser in the war being fought for your on and offline perceptions. With global trust in crisis, the social media echo chamber is in a perpetual state of spin as facts are traded for fiction and rationality has fallen out of vogue.
4 min read
Jul
12

Why Businesses Hold the Key to Stemming the Tide of Radicalization

This new approach is why the Islamic State is also successful. In an interview, social media and terrorism expert Nicole Matejic said, “They [ISIS] have taken the content marketing framework right from the best in class business tactics taught and used it to sell violent jihad..."
7 min read