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Subject Extremist and far-right activities. Significance Extremist far-right groups, fringe networks and militant organisations are actively using the COVID-19 crisis to mobilise support, spread disinformation and conspiracy theories, and incite […]
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We live in a digital age where communication through visuals – made up of images, videos or gifs – supersedes written rhetorical text. Simultaneously with the rise of more user-generated […]
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<p>On 6 January 2021, a violent mob attacked the United States Capitol. Yet while mob suggests a chaotic and fragmented crowd, networked media had already been working to provide it […]
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Racial discrimination against people of Chinese and other Asian ethnicities has risen sharply in number and severity globally amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This rise has been especially rapid and severe […]
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This paper assesses how the ?Great Replacement? conspiracy theory (the idea that ethnically homogeneous populations in European nations are being ?replaced? by people of non-European origin) is articulated online by […]
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This chapter discusses the circulation of conspiracy theories evolving from concoctions of Internet subcultures to global topics of public conversation and political mobilization. The examples provided are those of the […]
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In the wake of COVID-19, facemasks reveal the complicated dynamics of xenophobia and violence against Asian Americans within the intersections of science, religion, and cultural diversities. This review explores what […]
