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Mobilising Extremism in Times of Change: Analysing the UK’s Far-Right Online Content During the Pandemic

The result's identifiers

  • Result code in IS VaVaI

    <a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216208%3A11230%2F23%3A10464698" target="_blank" >RIV/00216208:11230/23:10464698 - isvavai.cz</a>

  • Result on the web

    <a href="https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=CYrNLl3KYg" target="_blank" >https://verso.is.cuni.cz/pub/verso.fpl?fname=obd_publikace_handle&handle=CYrNLl3KYg</a>

  • DOI - Digital Object Identifier

    <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10610-023-09547-9" target="_blank" >10.1007/s10610-023-09547-9</a>

Alternative languages

  • Result language

    angličtina

  • Original language name

    Mobilising Extremism in Times of Change: Analysing the UK’s Far-Right Online Content During the Pandemic

  • Original language description

    The growing dissension towards the political handling of COVID-19, widespread job losses, backlash to extended lockdowns, and hesitancy surrounding the vaccine are propagating toxic far-right discourses in the UK. Moreover, the public is increasingly reliant on different social media platforms, including a growing number of participants on the far-right&apos;s fringe online networks, for all pandemic-related news and interactions. Therefore, with the proliferation of harmful far-right narratives and the public&apos;s reliance on these platforms for socialising, the pandemic environment is a breeding ground for radical ideologically-based mobilisation and social fragmentation. However, there remains a gap in understanding how these far-right online communities, during the pandemic, utilise societal insecurities to attract candidates, maintain viewership, and form a collective on social media platforms. The article aims to better understand online far-right mobilisation by examining, via a mixed-methodology qualitative content analysis and netnography, UK-centric content, narratives, and key political figures on the fringe platform, Gab. Through the dual-qualitative coding and analyses of 925 trending posts, the research outlines the platform&apos;s hate-filled media and the toxic nature of its communications. Moreover, the findings illustrate the far-right&apos;s online discursive dynamics, showcasing the dependence on Michael Hogg&apos;s uncertainty-identity mechanisms in the community&apos;s exploitation of societal insecurity. From these results, I propose a far-right mobilisation model termed Collective Anxiety, which illustrates that toxic communication is the foundation for the community&apos;s maintenance and recruitment. These observations set a precedent for hate-filled discourse on the platform and consequently have widespread policy implications that need addressing.

  • Czech name

  • Czech description

Classification

  • Type

    J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

  • CEP classification

  • OECD FORD branch

    50501 - Law

Result continuities

  • Project

  • Continuities

    S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach<br>I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Others

  • Publication year

    2023

  • Confidentiality

    S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Data specific for result type

  • Name of the periodical

    European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research

  • ISSN

    0928-1371

  • e-ISSN

    1572-9869

  • Volume of the periodical

    29

  • Issue of the periodical within the volume

    3

  • Country of publishing house

    NL - THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS

  • Number of pages

    23

  • Pages from-to

    355-377

  • UT code for WoS article

    000998300000001

  • EID of the result in the Scopus database

    2-s2.0-85160645819