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In this part two, Ms Arul shared with us how sports as a medium helps to instill prosocial behaviours essential to building community resilience. She also spoke about the relationship between youth and the media, and how they can initiate positive movements within their own communities.

In this episode, Ms. Arul shared with us her experiences working with youth in building resilience against the influence of violent extremism. She talked about some of the youth programmes organised which covered a range of themes, from technology to sports.

In this second part of the episode, Dr Nurul Miza shared on how the ‘us vs. them’ narrative is used in messaging, and possible outcome of the radicalisation process in which the outcome may not necessarily be violent in nature. She also talked about some of the skills required to make oneself less susceptible to the influence of violent extremism.

In this episode, Dr Nurul Miza shared with us her study on the psychological aspect of radicalisation process. She deliberated on the factors that could contribute to the process of radicalisation; push and pull risk factors, and the 3 key elements that make messaging appealing: framing narrative, physical structure, and method of deliverance.

In this second part of the episode on Countering Hate Speech through Education, Dr Murni Wan Mohd Nor highlights how peace-loving Malaysians could play a role in counter speech initiatives, representation of ethnic and religious groups in popular media, and developing an educational module for the prevention of hate speech tailored for different levels of society.

In this episode, Dr Murni Wan Mohd Nor speaks on defining hate speech, rights to freedom of expression, the role of social media, and the need to develop counter speech initiatives.