Online Hate: From the Far-Right to the ‘Alt-Right’, and from the Margins to the Mainstream
Book chapter
Winter, A. 2019. Online Hate: From the Far-Right to the ‘Alt-Right’, and from the Margins to the Mainstream. in: Lumsden, Karen and Harmer, Emily (ed.) Online Othering: Exploring Digital Violence and Discrimination on the Web London, UK Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 39-63
Authors | Winter, A. |
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Editors | Lumsden, Karen and Harmer, Emily |
Abstract | In the 1990s and early 2000s, there was much discussion about the democratic and anti-democratic implications of the Internet. The latter particularly focused on the ways in which the far-right were using the Internet to spread hate and recruit members. Despite this common assumption, the American far-right did not harness the Internet quickly, effectively or widely. More recently, however, they have experienced a resurgence and mainstreaming, benefitting greatly from social media. This chapter examines the history of their use of the Internet with respect to: (1) how this developed in response to political changes and emerging technologies; (2) how it reflected and changed the status of such movements and their brand of hate; and (3) the relationship between online activity and traditional methods of communication. |
Keywords | racism; online; far-right; cyber; misogyny; terrorism; hate |
Book title | Online Othering: Exploring Digital Violence and Discrimination on the Web |
Page range | 39-63 |
Year | 2019 |
Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan |
Publication dates | |
Online | 24 Apr 2019 |
May 2019 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 08 May 2019 |
Accepted | Jul 2018 |
Accepted | Jul 2018 |
Place of publication | London, UK |
Series | Palgrave Studies in Cybercrime and Cybersecurity |
ISBN | 978-3-030-12633-9 |
978-3-030-12632-2 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12633-9_2 |
Web address (URL) | https://www.palgrave.com/9783030126322 |
Additional information | © 2019 The author |
Accepted author manuscript | License |
https://repository.uel.ac.uk/item/843wv
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