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Regressive ‘alternative’ media and their role in disrupting the public spheres in Europe and Latin America
Publizistik, volume 70 (2025), pp. 205-234
"The emergence of alternative media is linked to the progressive social movements of the 1960s and 1970s, which aimed to democratize media production and amplify marginalized voices. Recently, regressive news sites have emerged, claiming to be “alternative” despite their far-right ideologies. As
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Populism and Critical Incidents in Journalism: Has Bolsonaro Disrupted the Mainstream Press in Brazil?
International Journal of Press/Politics, volume 29, issue 4 (2024), pp. 825-846
"Despite the increasing number of studies examining the conflicts between the media and populist leaders, understanding how such clashes prompt shifts in journalism norms and practices remains to be thoroughly explored. Based on a literature review and the discussion of an extensive array of example
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Religious Freedom and Populism: The Appropriation of a Human Right and How to Counter it
Bielefeld: transcript (2024), 263 pp.
Streaming, Chatting, Modding: Eine Kurzexploration extremistischer Aktivitäten auf Gaming- und gaming-nahen Plattformen
Frankfurt am Main: Leibniz-Institut für Friedens- und Konfliktforschung (PRIF);Forschungsverbund RadiGaMe (2024), 60 pp.
Collective victimhood narratives in far-right communities on Telegram
Information, Communication & Society, volume 28, issue 8 (2024), pp. 1407-1424
"Feelings of collective victimhood have been demonstrated to have a strong effect on ingroup bias, outgroup hostility and support for violence. The use of narratives stirring these feelings in far-right communications is especially concerning given their inclusion in the manifestos of several mass k
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Memes, humor, and the far right’s strategic mainstreaming
Information, Communication & Society (2024), 20 pp.
"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 actu
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Antisemitismus in den Sozialen Medien
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Opladen et al.: Verlag Barbara Budrich (2024), 329 pp.
"Soziale Medien haben die Verbreitung von Antisemitismus revolutioniert. Algorithmisch verstärkt verbreitet sich Antisemitismus auf den Plattformen in Sekundenschnelle, kostenlos und global. Die daraus resultierende Gefahr für Jüdinnen*Juden ist eine große gesellschaftliche Herausforderung. Das
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Extrema direita no Brasil: Sujeitos e coletivos pela "restauração nacional"
Rio de Janeiro: Fundação Heinrich Böll (2024), 35 pp.
Chronologie einer Radikalisierung: Wie Telegram zur wichtigsten Plattform für Verschwörungsideologien und Rechtsextremismus wurde
Berlin: Center for Monitoring Analyse und Strategie (CeMAS) (2023), 7 pp.
Red Pilled: The Allure of Digital Hate
Bielefeld: Bielefeld University Press;transript (2023), 190 pp.
"Over the last two decades, online platforms have been used to repackage racist, sexist and xenophobic ideologies into new sociotechnical forms. Digital hate is ancient but novel, deploying the Internet to boost its allure and broaden its appeal. To understand the logic of hate, Luke Munn investigat
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Konnektiver Zynismus: Politik und Kultur im digitalen Zeitalter
Bielefeld: transcript (2023), 128 pp.
"Der politische Diskurs verroht, in den sozialen Medien toben Trolle und grenzüberschreitende Witze haben Hochkonjunktur. Rechtspopulist*innen und fragwürdige Influencer*innen nutzen bewusst sprachliche Unschärfen und ironische Zwischentöne, um das Gesagte im Nachhinein relativieren zu können.
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Hate Speech and Polarization in Participatory Society
London; New York: Routledge (2022), xxv, 252 pp.
"Delving into the meanings, implications, contexts and effects of extreme speech and gated communities in the media landscape, the chapters analyse misleading metaphors and rhetoric via focused case studies to understand how we can overcome the risks and threats stemming from the past decade's defin
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Ukrainekrieg auf Telegram: Rechtsextremer Knotenpunkt für Desinformationen und Verschwörungserzählungen
Mainz: jugendschutz.net (2022), 9 pp.
"Seit Beginn des russischen Angriffskriegs gegen die Ukraine im Februar 2022 nutzen Rechtsextreme die Ereignisse und Entwicklungen für ihre Propaganda. Dabei lassen sich sowohl pro-ukrainische als auch prorussische Positionierungen beobachten. Insbesondere werden gezielt Desinformationen und Versch
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Verschwörungstheorien
Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte, volume 71, issue 35-36 (2021), 53 pp.
"In der jüngeren Geschichte wurde wohl noch nie so deutlich die Existenz und die Wirkmacht von Verschwörungstheorien vor Augen geführt wie in der Corona-Pandemie. Was lange als Randphänomen in dunklen Nischen des Internets galt, scheint auf einmal allgegenwärtig. Von der Nachbarin bis zum Abgeo
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Nationalsozialismus digital: Die Verantwortung von Bibliotheken, Archiven und Museen sowie Forschungseinrichtungen und Medien im Umgang mit der NS-Zeit im Netz
Göttingen: V&R unipress;Vienna University Press (2021), 360 pp.
"[...] Im günstigen Falle bilden Bibliotheken, Archive, Museen, Forschungseinrichtungen und Medien mit digitalen Angeboten, geeignet kontextualisiert und erklärt, Anlaufpunkte der Orientierung und befördern den Diskurs über den Nationalsozialismus und die damit verbundenen abscheulichen Gräuelt
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Courage Against Hate
Facebook (2021), 128 pp.
"The Courage Against Hate initiative has been brought together by Facebook for the purpose of sparking cross-sector, pan-European dialogue and action to combat hate speech and extremism. This collection of articles unites European academic analysis with practitioners who are actively working on coun
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Right-Wing Extremism on the Internet: 2020-2021 Report
Mainz: jugendschutz.net (2021), 31 pp.
Mainstreamed Extremism and the Future of Prevention
London: Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) (2021), 28 pp.
"Laying out the core elements of a progressive prevention infrastructure, this paper makes the case for placing human rights as the central goal of prevention work. We highlight both the major damage done to prevention through violations of fundamental rights in the name of fighting terrorism and ex
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Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories
London; New York: Routledge (2020), xx, 680 pp.
"Taking a global and interdisciplinary approach, the Routledge Handbook of Conspiracy Theories provides a comprehensive overview of conspiracy theories as an important social, cultural and political phenomenon in contemporary life. This handbook provides the most complete analysis of the phenomenon
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Telegram: Amidst Propaganda of Violence and "Infowars"
jugendschutz.net (2020), 9 pp.
