Keyboard warriors : the production of Islamophobic identity and an extreme worldview within an online political community / Graham Edward Geddes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Geddes, Graham Edward, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Islamophobia.

Social media--Political aspects.

Social media.

Social media and society.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (237 pages)

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

"The far-right English Defence League (EDL) is a strange product of global and local dynamics, most prominently the 'War on Terror'. While the EDL has become well known for its high-profile Islamophobic demonstrations within local communities, the bulk of its day-to-day activity occurs online within its social networking sites, between supporters - referred to as 'keyboard warriors'. 'Keyboard warriors'' activities are confined to the virtual realm and they are unlikely to attend EDL events in physical space, such as demonstrations. This book explores the kind of Islamophobic identity that is produced by EDL supporters within the networking sites, and focuses on how this identitty is constructed around insecurities that are central to the lives of this populations"--Back cover.

Contents:

Introduction: the genesis of an extreme political formation The far right, identity and group dynamics Forming a global-national-local worldview and extreme identity online Post-politics and the rage response The 'other' and the clash of civilisations Political extremism and hybrid space

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed September 2, 2016).

ISBN:

1-4438-9855-4

OCLC:

956988718