From Fringe to Mainstream: QAnon Narratives in Central European Digital Spaces

Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/spir.v2022i0.13020" target="_blank" >http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/spir.v2022i0.13020</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.5210/spir.v2022i0.13020" target="_blank" >10.5210/spir.v2022i0.13020</a>

Result language
angličtina
Original language name
From Fringe to Mainstream: QAnon Narratives in Central European Digital Spaces
Original language description
The paper analyses the spread of QAnon adjacent conspiracy narratives in Czech and Slovak speaking digital spaces, with focus on influencers communities on social media (TikTok, Instagram). Based on case study of a two specific narratives about COVID-19 and the anti-covid vaccines, it proposes a 5-step structure of how conspiracy content moves from a) English to non-English speaking contexts online and b) accross platforms, from fringe to mainstream spaces. It focuses on the role of influencers and digital opinion leaders in mainstreaming fringe political content and analyses how both political and lifestyle influencers adopt the role of cultural translators in the process. The paper is based on mixed method approach, combining digital ethnography and ethnographic content analysis.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection
AoIR Selected Papers of Internet Research. Decolonizing the Internet
ISBN
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ISSN
2162-3317
e-ISSN
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Number of pages
3
Pages from-to
1-3
Publisher name
Association of Internet Researchers
Place of publication
Dublin
Event location
Dublin
Event date
Nov 2, 2022
Type of event by nationality
EUR - Evropská akce
UT code for WoS article
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