Weaponized Social Media: How the Online Far-Right Reaches the Youth
There has been countless research on why well-integrated European youth become interested in radical Islam. This research will explore what radicalism and extremism mean within the context of far-right radicalisation. Extreme right figures and their ideologies have gained prominence in Western society. The journey towards upholding these ideologies isn't easy to document. We speak of a 'far-right pipeline'. An individual isn’t instantly converted but rather nudged into a direction until they freefall. These new populist movements are different from the traditional radical right: They like to provoke and their spread happens entirely online. The author puts our current social media and political climate, and its effect on the young generation, in perspective. This research aims to build an understanding of how teenagers can be exposed to thinly veiled online radicalisation.
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