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media

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
Nov
30

Tracking Australian ISIS members on social media

I spoke with the Sydney Morning Herald about how Info Ops HQ's OSINT investigation found that Prakash was alive as early as July/August 2016- even after the US and Australian Governments declared him killed in an April airstrike.
Nov
18

The Content Wars: my article for 'NATO Review'

This open-source intelligence investigation found that so-called Islamic State run a sophisticated peer-to-peer network, which is worlds apart from the perception that ‘social media’ alone radicalises young men and women.
7 min read
Jul
15

Aussie start-up stars shine

Nicole was a finalist in the 'Start Tel Aviv' competition run by the Embassy of Israel in Australia .
2 min read
Jul
09

Social media war: Kurdish supporters vie with Islamic State in bid to win recruits

Social media influences people's decision-making: it serves to normalise highly abnormal situations - such as what conflict zones are like, when trying to attract foreign fighters.
4 min read
May
30

On The Project: ISIS using social media to radicalise children

On the 28 May 2013 edition of The Project I spoke with Waleed, Gretel, Gorgi and Peter about talking to children about ISIS how they use social media as a radicalisation tool.
Apr
21

The Crisis Economy

Nothing sells news like a scandal, but while security companies are busy protecting their clients’ people and assets, who is looking out for them?
9 min read
Mar
27

On Air! ABC Radio: Countering propaganda with propaganda not the solution

I caught up with ABC Radio's 'The World Today' program to talk about how fighting propaganda with propaganda is a narrow sighted view to combating radicalisation.