The World White Web: Uncovering the Hidden Meanings of Online Far-Right Propaganda
December 19, 2024
*OPEN ACCESS* The World White Web provides an interdisciplinary analysis of far-right radicalisation in the digital age, drawing from criminology, history, and computer science to explore how technology and imagery accelerate extremist recruitment. The book examines 20,000 internet memes to reveal white supremacy’s deep historical roots. It demonstrates how far-right propagandists leverage historical narratives and symbols ...
A Critical Analysis: Key Strategies of Far-Right Online Visual Propaganda
December 4, 2024
The approach from the far-right in producing and disseminating visual propaganda has allowed for a persistent online presence to be maintained, despite efforts to remove extremist and hateful content. This chapter will critically explore the academic literature which considers how far-right actors are taking advantages of the affordances of online communication routes to spread visual ...
Beyond the Meme: Far-Right Radicalism and Its Online Propaganda
October 20, 2024
In the context of far-right terrorism, memes on 4chan play a fundamental role. These memes not only serve as a form of propaganda but also as a tool to radicalize and mobilize users. On 4chan, a site known for its lack of moderation and anonymity, memes are used to spread extremist ideologies in a viral ...
Memes, humor, and the far right’s strategic mainstreaming
September 18, 2024
The far right is increasingly relying on visual and less extreme online communication, for instance by using memes, to strategically mainstream their ideology. The use of humor in particular renders their communication more relatable to a mainstream audience. However, little is known about the actual impacts of the different content characteristics they employ to become ...
How the Radical Right Weaponises Memes
August 19, 2024
VOX-Pol Blog post. ...