This proposed working group will analyse how various features connect far-right and religious nationalist movements across multiple media, platforms, and countries. Specifically, the group is interested in understanding and comparing how far-right and religious nationalist actors and groups around the world utilize online platforms in their radicalization efforts. Within this same vein, we are also interested in discussing methodological approaches and ethical implications of studying far-right and nationalist movements within online spaces. There will be dedicated case studies covering Europe, Russia, North America, Latin America, and South Asia.
Our group consists of scholars that utilize a wide range of methodological and theoretical approaches. The primary methods used in this group will include (Critical) discourse analysis, content and thematic analysis, visual analysis,quantitative data, and digital ethnography.
The group hopes to transcend disciplinary and geographic boundaries by bringing together scholars from multiple disciplines and backgrounds. By doing so, participants will learn new approaches and understandings from one another.
We aim to disseminate the findings of this working group through the Global Network on Extremism & Technology (GNET), the academic research arm of the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism (GIFCT). The primary academic output will be an edited volume that is accessible to academics and non-academics.