#88 Courtney Cano and Kaitlyn Tierney on Diverting Hate

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Cognitive Crucible is a forum that presents different perspectives and emerging thought leadership related to the information environment. The opinions expressed by guests are their own, and do not necessarily reflect the views of or endorsement by the Information Professionals Association.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">During this episode, Courtney Cano and Kaitlyn Tierney, who are graduate students at the <a href= "https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/">Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MMIS)</a>, discuss their award-winning project: Diverting Hate. Their team studied the ways in which radicalization proliferates online–especially misogyny and involuntary celibacy (incel) culture–and developed prevention methods to help individuals build resiliency.</span></p> <p><strong>Resources</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Cognitive Crucible Podcast Episodes Mentioned</span> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="2"><a href= "https://information-professionals.org/episode/cognitive-crucible-episode-4"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">#4 Tony Sgro on Education, Terrorism, and Information Operations</span></a></li> </ul> </li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"> </li> <li aria-level="1"><span style="font-weight: 400;"><a href= "https://www.middlebury.edu/institute/">Middlebury Institute of International Studies (MMIS)</a></span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://www.divertinghate.org/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Diverting Hate Website</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://youtu.be/XbA87-LEX3M"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Diverting Hate Contest Winning Youtube Presentation</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Isla_Vista_killings"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> 2014 Isla Vista killings