This book examines how de-radicalisation programmes have been portrayed in the media and details the role of public relations (PR) strategies employed by such programmes and Countering Violent Extremism (CVE) to create positive coverage of their work.

Gordon Clubb is a Lecturer in International Security at the University of Leeds, UK. He is a Fellow at GIRDS, Germany.

Daniel Koehler is Director of GIRDS, Germany. He is a Research Fellow at the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab at the American University, USA.

Jonatan Schewe is a Research Associate at the Centre for Technology and Society, Berlin Technical University, Germany. He is a research fellow at GIRDS, Germany.

Ryan O'Connor is a Post-Doctoral Researcher in International Security and Foreign Policy at the University of Leeds, UK.

Introduction 1. Conceptualising De-Radicalisation Programmes 2. Theorising the Media's Framing of De-Radicalisation 3. The Effectiveness and Desirability of De-Radicalisation 4. Nigeria and De-Radicalising its Repentant Citizens 5. UK and De-Radicalisation's Ideational Tensions 6. German Media Debates and Framing Processes in a Hybridised P/CVE Landscape 7. Public Relations Campaigns, De-Radicalisation and the P/CVE Field: Negotiating a Discourse Conclusion