[HTML][HTML] Far-right online radicalization: A review of the literature

A Marwick, B Clancy, K Furl - The Bulletin of Technology & Public …, 2022 - citap.pubpub.org
This literature review examines cross-disciplinary work on radicalization to situate,
historicize, frame, and better understand the present concerns around online radicalization …

What we can do and cannot do with topic modeling: A systematic review

Y Chen, Z Peng, SH Kim, CW Choi - Communication Methods and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Topic modeling has become an effective tool for communication scholars to explore large
amounts of texts. However, empirical studies applying topic modeling often face the critical …

'Welcome to# GabFam': Far-right virtual community on Gab

G Jasser, J McSwiney, E Pertwee… - New Media & …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
With large social media platforms coming under increasing pressure to deplatform far-right
users, the Alternative Technology movement (Alt-Tech) emerged as a new digital support …

“Born for a storm”: Hard-right social media and civil unrest

D Karell, A Linke, E Holland… - American sociological …, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Does activity on hard-right social media lead to hard-right civil unrest? If so, why? We
created a spatial panel dataset comprising hard-right social media use and incidents of …

Comparing the# stopthesteal movement across multiple platforms: Differentiating discourse on Facebook, Twitter, and Parler

B Chen, J Lukito, GH Koo - Social Media+ Society, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Given that political groups are dispersed across platforms, resulting in different discourses,
there is a need for more studies comparing communication across platforms. In this study …

The role of perceived injustice and need for esteem on Incel membership online

RL O'Malley, B Helm - Deviant Behavior, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Incels–a term that stands for “involuntary celibates”—is a subculture of men connected by
their inability to obtain romantic and sexual relationships. As a group known for real-world …

Media framing and expression of anti-China sentiment in COVID-19-related news discourse: An analysis using deep learning methods

Z Lyu, H Takikawa - Heliyon, 2022 - cell.com
This study focuses on news content related to China and COVID-19 during the COVID-19
pandemic and investigates how media frame, affected the emergence of anti-China …

Trust and Safety on Social Media: Understanding the Impact of Anti-Social Behavior and Misinformation on Content Moderation and Platform Governance

A Gruzd, FB Soares, P Mai - Social Media+ Society, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The Special Issue on Trust and Safety on Social Media delves into two pressing and
interlinked concerns: the growing prevalence of anti-social behavior and the widespread …

The role of empathy in reducing hate speech proliferation. Two contact-based interventions in online and off-line settings.

W Soral, K Malinowska, M Bilewicz - Peace and Conflict: Journal of …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Antirefugee hate speech is one of the largest obstacles to successful acculturation and well-
being of people seeking asylum. Two empirical studies tested the hypothesis that empathy …

The 'tarrant effect': what impact did far-right attacks have on the 8chan forum?

SJ Baele, L Brace, TG Coan - Behavioral sciences of terrorism and …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This paper analyses the impact of a series of mass shootings committed in 2018–2019 by
right-wing extremists on 8chan/pol, a prominent far-right online forum. Using computational …