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Intimate communities of hate : why social media fuels far-right extremism / Anton Törnberg and Petter Törnberg.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Törnberg, Anton, author.
Törnberg, Petter, author.
Contributor:
Taylor & Francis eBooks
Rosengarten Family Fund.
Series:
Routledge studies in political sociology
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Social media--Political aspects.
Social media.
Radicalization.
Right-wing extremists.
Radicalism in mass media.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xi, 131 pages) : illustrations.
Other Title:
Why social media fuels far-right extremism
Place of Publication:
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
Biography/History:
Anton Tornberg 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 Tornberg 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.
Contents:
Introduction
Situating Stormfront in Social Media Debates
A More Social Theory of Online Politics
Methodology, Data, and Ethics
Introducing Stormfront
Identity: Becoming a Community
Discourse: Constructing a Worldview
Affect: Building Emotional Energy
Stormfront and the Rise of the Far Right
Epilogue.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 25, 2024).
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
Other Format:
Print version: Törnberg, Anton. Intimate communities of hate
ISBN:
9781003108344
1003108342
9781040004937
1040004938
9781040004906
1040004903
Publisher Number:
40032284498
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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