Memes, manifestos, murder: Fascist radicalisation online, and how we can stop it ▶
In recent years, fascists and white supremacists have emerged from the darkest corners of the internet onto the streets – and into the halls of power. The movement’s activists are being radicalised online, and driven to acts of atrocity like those carried...
Q+A: Believing the ‘unbelievable’: What are conspiracy theories? How do they flourish?
Post-truth. Alternative facts. Fake news. We are living in a world where conspiracy theories are allowed to flourish. With every mass shooting, terrorist attack, and new political policy announcement, it seems like a new conspiracy theory will be dreamt up somewhere...
The meme politics of white supremacy: How does fascist radicalisation happen on the internet?
By Emmi Bevensee How did the earthquakes affect the mental health of the people of Canterbury? Ben Beaglehole and Joseph Boden discuss their research. The devastating anti-Muslim attacks carried out in Christchurch in March this year were part of a trend of...
What is the ‘Alt-Right’?
By Damon Berry After the horrendous attacks in Christchurch, many people understandably have questions about the motives and ideology of the alleged attacker. Damon Berry analyses the role the alt-right might have played in the attacks. After the horrendous attacks in...
Conspiracy Clash: What’s behind it?
By Gareth Dorrian & Ian Whittaker Flat Earthers vs climate change sceptics: why conspiracy theorists keep contradicting each other. Flat Earthism and the idea that human activity is not responsible for climate change are two of the most prevalent conspiracy...Subscribe by Email
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