Essays about: "Alt-right"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 17 essays containing the word Alt-right.

1. 1. Turning Audiences into Activists: A Qualitative Case Study of PragerU and Moral Foundations Theory

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för strategisk kommunikation

   Author : Natalia Pfeifer; [2023]
   Keywords : Social Sciences;

   Abstract : YouTube plays a significant role in the right wing media ecosystem, especially as an alternative source for news and information beyond traditional media outlets. PragerU is a far right YouTube channel with over 3 million subscribers and 1. READ MORE

3. 2. The Alt-Right and Agenda Setting Theory : A study of online news outlets and magazines

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

   Author : Luka Wetzelaer; [2023]
   Keywords : Alt-Right movement; Agenda Setting theory; Corpus linguistics;

   Abstract : The Alt-Right is a movement that became very mainstream and this article’s research is about how often the Alt-Right movement has been mentioned in online news articles and magazines. Previous articles have researched how the Alt-Right has spread its presence on online forums and social media pages, what is written on these online forums where the Alt-Right has a presence and what their main ideas and ideology is. READ MORE

4. 3. Pandemic Politics As A Holocaust 2.0? : The Perception Of The Holocaust In Telegram-Communications Of German Covid-Protesters

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

   Author : Moritz Golombek; [2022]
   Keywords : Genocide Studies; Holocaust Studies; Covid; Pandemic Politics; Conspiracy Theories; Antisemitism; Disinformation; Germany; Telegram; Dark Social; Alt-Right; Network Analysis; Narrative Analysis; Python;

   Abstract : Embedding itself in the larger discussion on protests against measures taken by governments all over the world to mitigate the effects of the covid-19 pandemic, this work concerns itself with the role of the Holocaust in narratives found in prominent Telegram channels and chat groups of German covid-protests. Building on the existing body of research, it uses the theoretical framework of New Social Movement (NSM) theory to categorise the protests in Germany. READ MORE

5. 4. "No Left, No Right - Only the Game" : A Netnographic Study of the Online Community r/KotakuInAction

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   Author : Oskar Larsson; [2021]
   Keywords : Gamergate; Reddit; Alt-Right; Online Othering; Collective Identity; Discourse; SJW; political correctness;

   Abstract : This thesis examines how 'othering' discourse can be used to construct and negotiate boundaries and shape collective identities within online spaces. Through a mixed-method approach of thematic analysis and a netnographic study, and by drawing on theoretical concepts of online othering and identity formation, this thesis explores how the Gamergate community r/KotakuInAction can be understood in relation to Gamergate, the Alt-Right and society at large. READ MORE

6. 5. Perceptions of Women in the Far-Right : A Comparative Ideology Analysis of Far-Right Perceptions of Women. 

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Elin Eriksson; [2021]
   Keywords : Far-right Extremism; Women; Alt-right; Alt-lite; Misogyny; Conservative Feminism; Proud Boys; Proud Girls;

   Abstract : This bachelor’s thesis aspires to contribute to the field of research concerning women and far-right extremism. Scholars have during recent years called attention to the surge of far-right extremism and female participation in jihadi terrorism. However, when these fields of research meet, various knowledge gaps are distinguishable. READ MORE