The web of hate: Fragmentation of media authority and its link to right-wing populism and cyber islamophobia

The twenty-first century has been marked strongly with two extremely significant developments, firstly the increase in international terror attacks and secondly the evolution of media and information consumption based on technological advancements. These phenomena together have led to the figurative...

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Autores: Aydin, Zeynep, Fuess, Albrecht, Sunier, Thijl, González-Vázquez, Araceli
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Fecha de publicación:2021
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Palabra clave:Cyberspace
Echo-chamber
Islamophobia
Right-wing populism
Social media
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spelling The web of hate: Fragmentation of media authority and its link to right-wing populism and cyber islamophobiaAydin, ZeynepFuess, AlbrechtSunier, ThijlGonzález-Vázquez, AraceliCyberspaceEcho-chamberIslamophobiaRight-wing populismSocial mediaThe twenty-first century has been marked strongly with two extremely significant developments, firstly the increase in international terror attacks and secondly the evolution of media and information consumption based on technological advancements. These phenomena together have led to the figurative and literal blowing up of mass media coverage, but, increasingly and more importantly, social media traffic. This shift in information consumption by the general public, especially after terror attacks, is leading to a fragmentation of authority that traditional media gained after years of being the monopoly of verified information exchange. The increased usage and wide accessibility of social media is allowing more people to feel connected globally after terror attacks and is leading to the creation of mediascapes by defining in-groups of like-minded people against Islam, as a common enemy, which leads to a drastic increase in online hate against Islam and Muslims. Digital mediascapes therefore have the ability to unify participants around an “us” that is specifically against the “other” that is labeled as an enemy. Islamophobia thus has become a useful tool for right-wing populists not only to gather a large following online but for right-wing parties to assemble electors in several European nation-states. This, in turn, can provoke the escalation of right-wing populism where people, who are experiencing the echo chamber first hand or those perceiving the viral developments from outside, can become easy prey for political influence. Therefore, social media groups, hashtags and sites can be seen as the feeding ground for right-wing populist political parties.This paper is part of a project that has received funding from the European Union's horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement n. 813547Universiti Kebangsaan MalaysiaEuropean Research CouncilConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]2022202220212022info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/283807reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Inglés#PLACEHOLDER_PARENT_METADATA_VALUE#info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/H2020/813547http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/JKMJC-2021-3703-13Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/2838072026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The web of hate: Fragmentation of media authority and its link to right-wing populism and cyber islamophobia
title The web of hate: Fragmentation of media authority and its link to right-wing populism and cyber islamophobia
spellingShingle The web of hate: Fragmentation of media authority and its link to right-wing populism and cyber islamophobia
Aydin, Zeynep
Cyberspace
Echo-chamber
Islamophobia
Right-wing populism
Social media
title_short The web of hate: Fragmentation of media authority and its link to right-wing populism and cyber islamophobia
title_full The web of hate: Fragmentation of media authority and its link to right-wing populism and cyber islamophobia
title_fullStr The web of hate: Fragmentation of media authority and its link to right-wing populism and cyber islamophobia
title_full_unstemmed The web of hate: Fragmentation of media authority and its link to right-wing populism and cyber islamophobia
title_sort The web of hate: Fragmentation of media authority and its link to right-wing populism and cyber islamophobia
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Aydin, Zeynep
Fuess, Albrecht
Sunier, Thijl
González-Vázquez, Araceli
author Aydin, Zeynep
author_facet Aydin, Zeynep
Fuess, Albrecht
Sunier, Thijl
González-Vázquez, Araceli
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author2 Fuess, Albrecht
Sunier, Thijl
González-Vázquez, Araceli
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author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv European Research Council
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cyberspace
Echo-chamber
Islamophobia
Right-wing populism
Social media
topic Cyberspace
Echo-chamber
Islamophobia
Right-wing populism
Social media
description The twenty-first century has been marked strongly with two extremely significant developments, firstly the increase in international terror attacks and secondly the evolution of media and information consumption based on technological advancements. These phenomena together have led to the figurative and literal blowing up of mass media coverage, but, increasingly and more importantly, social media traffic. This shift in information consumption by the general public, especially after terror attacks, is leading to a fragmentation of authority that traditional media gained after years of being the monopoly of verified information exchange. The increased usage and wide accessibility of social media is allowing more people to feel connected globally after terror attacks and is leading to the creation of mediascapes by defining in-groups of like-minded people against Islam, as a common enemy, which leads to a drastic increase in online hate against Islam and Muslims. Digital mediascapes therefore have the ability to unify participants around an “us” that is specifically against the “other” that is labeled as an enemy. Islamophobia thus has become a useful tool for right-wing populists not only to gather a large following online but for right-wing parties to assemble electors in several European nation-states. This, in turn, can provoke the escalation of right-wing populism where people, who are experiencing the echo chamber first hand or those perceiving the viral developments from outside, can become easy prey for political influence. Therefore, social media groups, hashtags and sites can be seen as the feeding ground for right-wing populist political parties.
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