Intimate Communities of Hate: Why Social Media Fuels Far-Right Extremism (Routledge Studies in Political Sociology) - Softcover

Törnberg, Anton; Törnberg, Petter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0367622009 ISBN 13: 9780367622008

Verlag: Routledge, 2025

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Social media has transformed politics, driving a surge in far-right extremism. Recently, radical anti-democratic ideologies have entered into the political mainstream, fueled by energy from extreme online environments. This book delves into the "murder capital of the racist Internet", examining 20 years of conversations on Stormfront.org.

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Anton Törnberg is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His primary research interests center on online far-right movements, with a special emphasis on online radicalization processes. He is currently doing research on the links between right-wing violence and social media, as well as the spread of conspiracy theories and climate denialism.

Petter Törnberg is an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science at the University of Amsterdam and an Associate Professor in Complex Systems at Chalmers University of Technology. His research focuses on the intersection between AI, social media, and politics, using computational methods to examine online polarization and radicalization.

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• Verlag: Routledge
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2025
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0367622009
• ISBN 13: 9780367622008
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144
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