political discourse
Resistance is Far-Right from Futile: Deplatforming, Resilience, and Persistent Presence Across Platforms as Drivers of Accelerationist Politics
May 7, 2026This study investigates how a far-right extremist group, The Base, enacts communicative resilience (CR) strategies across digital platforms despite deplatforming efforts. In our empirical analysis, we conducted a content analysis of 69 conversations about bans that occurred in The Base’s encrypted chatrooms on Matrix and Wire between 2018 and 2020. We examined if and how ...
Beyond anti-elitism and out-group attacks: how concerns shape the AfD’s populist representation on German TikTok during the 2024 European elections
May 7, 2026TikTok is a pivotal platform for political communication, especially among younger users. This study examines how the German rightwing populist party Alternative for Germany (AfD) used TikTok to disseminate populist messages and engage users during the 2024 European elections. By analyzing videos posted by AfD politicians in the three months leading up to the elections, ...
Exploiting Political Crises: How Terrorists’ Polarize the Public and Garner Support in their Propaganda Campaigns
July 23, 2024VOX-Pol Blog post. ...
The Communicative Constitution of Hate Organizations Online: A Semantic Network Analysis of “Make America Great Again”
September 18, 2023In the context of the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election, President Donald Trump’s use of Twitter to connect with followers and supporters created unprecedented access to Trump’s online political campaign. In using the campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again” (or its acronym “MAGA”), Trump communicatively organized and controlled media systems by offering his followers an opportunity ...