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Why Britain Needs to Break the Silence on Islamist Extremism
The priorities of Britain’s extremism researchers, and even those of the country’s state apparatus, do not reflect the fact that Islamism presents the greatest terror threat to the UK. Islamism is a religio-political movement that aims to reestablish a theocratic Caliphate in the modern world—a single polity encompassing all of the world’s Muslims, within which Sharia Law would be followed in all matters, and non-Muslims would be reduced to (at best) second-class citizens.
Inside Hamas's Intelligence War Against Israel
A review of The Hamas Intelligence War Against Israel by Netanel Flamer; 216 pages; Cambridge University Press (November 2024) Netanel Flamer’s The Hamas Intelligence War against Israel is an extraordinary book: a dispassionate and factual history of Hamas’s intelligence-gathering activities during its first 34 years of existence, based on primary sources. As far as I know, there isn’t another study like it about this group or any other comparable violent non-state actor.
Why Recognise Palestine Now?
Most of the world’s nations now recognise a Palestinian state. In May 2024, the ranks of those nations were swelled by Spain, Ireland, and Norway. Under Emmanuel Macron and Keir Starmer, respectively, the French and British governments have now signalled their commitment to joining them in September.
Study reveals people most likely to hold antisemitic views
Study reveals people most likely to hold antisemitic views People who believe in conspiracy theories are more likely to have antisemitic opinions than non-believers, new research shows. Dr Daniel Allington, Reader in Social Analytics at King's has led the most comprehensive study to date examining the opinions of people with antisemitic views. The study is published in Nature’s Humanities and Social Sciences Communications journal.
Antisemitism is predicted by anti-hierarchical aggression, totalitarianism, and belief in malevolent global conspiracies - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Abstract Two cross-sectional studies were carried out in order to identify predictors of antisemitism, measured using the Generalised Antisemitism or GeAs scale. In the first, which used a self-selecting sample of UK-resident adults (n = 809), age, gender, ethnicity, and educational level as well as a wide range of ideological predictors were analysed as bivariate predictors of antisemitism.
Correction: Antisemitism is predicted by anti-hierarchical aggression, totalitarianism, and belief in malevolent global conspiracies - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Correction to: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications https://doi.org/10.1057/s41599-023-01624-y, published online 10 April 2023. In Figure 3 in the original publication, the semi-transparent ribbons representing the 95% confidence intervals on the linear models were not visible, due to a technical problem with the file uploaded by the authors. This has now been corrected. In addition, the supplementary appendix file was uploaded in a .tex format.
The Generalised Antisemitism (GeAs) Scale: A Questionnaire Instrument for Measuring Antisemitism as Expressed in Relation Both to Jews and to Israel
Allington, Daniel, Hirsh, David and Katz, Louise. "The Generalised Antisemitism (GeAs) Scale: A Questionnaire Instrument for Measuring Antisemitism as Expressed in Relation Both to Jews and to Israel" Journal of Contemporary Antisemitism, vol. 5, no. 1, 2022, pp. 37-48. https://doi.org/10.26613/jca/5.1.99 Allington, D., Hirsh, D. & Katz, L. (2022). The Generalised Antisemitism (GeAs) Scale: A Questionnaire Instrument for Measuring Antisemitism as Expressed in Relation Both to Jews and to Israel.
Trust and experiences of National Health Service healthcare do not fully explain demographic disparities in coronavirus vaccination uptake in the UK: a cross-sectional study
Descriptive statistics and internal reliability Cronbach’s alpha and Guttman’s lambda 6 were used to assess internal reliability of indices. The reliability of items used to measure experiences of NHS healthcare was assessed as α=0.88 and λ6=0.87, which indicate a high level of internal reliability.
Coronavirus conspiracy suspicions, general vaccine attitudes, trust, and coronavirus information source as predictors of vaccine hesitancy among UK residents during the COVID-19 pandemic | Psychological Medicine | Cambridge Core
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Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy linked to reliance on social media and voting for Trump
New research by King’s College London and the University of Bristol, published in the leading peer-reviewed journal Vaccine, published by Elsevier, has found a link between media use, voting history, and willingness to be vaccinated against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19.
King's academic in new 'Decoding Antisemitism' international project
King’s research will be used in an international project to de-code anti-Semitism using AI to combat the spread of online hatred. Dr. Daniel Allington, Senior Lecturer in Social and Cultural Artificial Intelligence, will work on ‘Decoding Antisemitism’, a three-year project, backed by the Alfred Landecker Foundation and involving various international organisations and the Center for Research on Antisemitism”.
Antisemitism amongst British voters in decline, according to new analysis
New analysis of survey data collected between 2016-2020 by Dr Daniel Allington suggests that overall antisemitism declined among ordinary voters from 2019-2020. Levels of Judeophobic antisemitism, defined as antisemitism in relation to Jews identified as Jews, peaked amongst Labour party voters in 2018 according to new analysis from Dr Daniel Allington, Senior Lecturer in Social and Cultural Artificial Intelligence at King’s College London.
Health-protective behaviour, social media usage and conspiracy belief during the COVID-19 public health emergency
Crossref Citations This article has been cited by the following publications. This list is generated based on data provided by CrossRef. Hantrais, Linda Allin, Paul Kritikos, Mihalis Sogomonjan, Melita Anand, Prathivadi B. Livingstone, Sonia Williams, Mark and Innes, Martin 2020. Covid-19 and the digital revolution. Contemporary Social Science, p. 1. CrossRef Google Scholar Nguyen, Hung Nguyen, Thin and Nguyen, Duc Thanh 2020.
The 3 ways British people are responding to lockdown - and what it says about them
Nine out of 10 people support the UK government's lockdown measures, according to King’s College London research. Researchers have identified three distinct types of responses to COVID-19 measures: 'Accepting', 'Suffering' or 'Resisting'. From politics to gender, and how they voted on Brexit, here's what each type looks like. There remains near-universal backing for the coronavirus lockdown among the UK public.
A statistical analysis shows reaction to Covid-19 clusters into 3 groups: Which one are you?
There remains near-universal backing for the coronavirus lockdown among the UK public. In our study, nine out of ten people support the measures, including seven out of ten who strongly support them. In 25 years of studying public opinion in the UK, I’ve hardly ever seen seven in ten Brits strongly support anything. The major exception is the nation’s longstanding and deep love for the NHS – which points to one key reason behind the level of compliance.
3 Ways People Are Reacting To Coronavirus Emergency
There remains near-universal backing for the coronavirus lockdown among the UK public. In our study, nine out of ten people support the measures, including seven out of ten who strongly support them. In 25 years of studying public opinion in the UK, I’ve hardly ever seen seven in ten Brits strongly support anything. The major exception is the nation’s longstanding and deep love for the NHS – which points to one key reason behind the level of compliance.
'accepting', 'suffering' and 'resisting'
There remains near-universal backing for the coronavirus lockdown among the UK public. In our study, nine out of ten people support the measures, including seven out of ten who strongly support them. In 25 years of studying public opinion in the UK, I’ve hardly ever seen seven in ten Brits strongly support anything. The major exception is the nation’s longstanding and deep love for the NHS – which points to one key reason behind the level of compliance.
3 Ways People Are Reacting To Coronavirus Emergency
There remains near-universal backing for the coronavirus lockdown among the UK public. In our study, nine out of ten people support the measures, including seven out of ten who strongly support them. In 25 years of studying public opinion in the UK, I’ve hardly ever seen seven in ten Brits strongly support anything. The major exception is the nation’s longstanding and deep love for the NHS – which points to one key reason behind the level of compliance.
COVID-19 conspiracy theories present 'substantial' health risk, new research finds
A relationship between belief in COVID-19 conspiracy theories and agreement with three statements designed to assess trends around potential compliance with measures currently being used to control the outbreak in the UK was found by researchers from the Department of Digital Humanities.
King's expert contributes to major new government study into extremism in England
Dr Daniel Allington has been commissioned by The Independent Commission for Countering Extremism, a government advisory group, to write a research paper exploring the tactics and objectives of the far-left and their acceptance among the public. The paper, titled ‘The tactics and objectives of the British far left and their acceptance among members of the general population’, is part of a collection of 19 papers that will investigate far-right, far-left, Islamic and online extremism.
How antisemitism slips beneath the radar on left-wing social media
The Labour party continues to face difficulties in responding to accusations of antisemitism against its members, officials and elected representatives. As a social scientist who has been studying online antisemitism intensively since 2016, I am unsurprised.
How antisemitism slips beneath the radar on left-wing social media
The Labour party continues to face difficulties in responding to accusations of antisemitism against its members, officials and elected representatives. As a social scientist who has been studying online antisemitism intensively since 2016, I am unsurprised.
‘Hitler had a valid argument against some Jews’: repertoires for the denial of antisemitism in Facebook discussion of a survey of attitudes to Jews and Israel (manuscript draft) - Daniel Allington
This manuscript has been accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed academic journal, Discourse, Context & Media. By agreement with the publisher, it can be distributed on this website. For offline reading, a PDF copy is available for download (although if you wish to share it with others, please direct them to this page rather than sending the file directly).
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