Essays about: "Alt-Right"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 17 essays containing the word Alt-Right.

  1. 6. Gender & race in digital game cultures: A critical discourse analytical approach to Metacritic game reviews

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Oskar Bork; [2020]
    Keywords : Feminist CDA; Gender; Digital methods; Game studies; Alt-Right; Feministisk CDA; Genus; Digitala metoder; Spelstudier; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis examines user reviews of the video game Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus (Machine games 2017). From a total of 560 reviews, 176 reviews engaging with social and political issues in the game was selected for a critical discourse analysis. READ MORE

  3. 7. Trump's election and support for the alt-right in European countries: spillover effects from the 2016 U.S. Presidential election

    University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

    Author : Lucas Wilegoda Gamage; [2020]
    Keywords : Far-right; Populism; Donald Trump; Spillover Effects; Regression Discontinuity Design;

    Abstract : On November 9, 2016 Donald Trump was declared the 45th President of the United States, at the end of one of the most unpredictable elections of recent history. Trump's election is widely regarded not as an isolated event, but rather as one of the key events of the "global wave of populism" that swept the Western world in the 2010s. READ MORE

  4. 8. Misogyny: a hate crime or a private affair? : A socio-cultural study of the intersection between hate crime legislation and men’s violence against women

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Andrea Adebjörk; [2020]
    Keywords : hate crime; men’s violence against women; misogyny; Incel; sexual violence; power; othering; normalisation; masculinity; gendered spheres;

    Abstract : Hate crime and men’s violence against women are two well-recognised and highly prioritised human rights phenomena in both international and local contexts. Yet, the idea of linking the two phenomena together has received very limited support. READ MORE

  5. 9. The misogyny within the manosphere. A discourse analysis in a Swedish context.

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS)

    Author : Maria Wiklund; [2020]
    Keywords : Alt-right; discourse; Incels; manosphere; misogyny; Sweden; violence;

    Abstract : Existing research about the manosphere and the subculture of Incels is primarily focused on the discourse on the American online discussion forums. After several high-profile attacks performed by Incels, resulting in severe casualties, the phenomenon of Incels has reached the mainstream media as well as public interest in the forums where members of the manosphere communicate. READ MORE

  6. 10. The Conquest of YouTube: Counter-Ideological Strategies In A New Digital Left

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Noah Saarela; [2020]
    Keywords : LeftTube; Online activism; Right and Left Politics ; Feminism; Gender; Onlineaktivism; Höger och Vänster Politik ; Genus; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Over the last few years, the user-generated video-sharing online platform YouTube has been recognized by the academia as well as mainstream media as an arena for predominately rightwing political content, and radicalizing far-right extremism in particular. This thesis introduces and explores the construction of a new digital left in the left-wing phenomenon LeftTube on YouTube. READ MORE