The Suppression of Discourse: The Hidden Internet Communities Related to the Alt-right and the US Presidential Elections of 2016 Cover Image

A diskurzus elfojtása: Az alt-right-hoz köthető rejtett internetes közösségek és a 2016. évi amerikai elnökválasztás
The Suppression of Discourse: The Hidden Internet Communities Related to the Alt-right and the US Presidential Elections of 2016

Author(s): Sándor Kiss
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Debreceni Egyetem Politikatudományi és Szociológiai Intézet
Keywords: 4chan; Donald Trump; Social Media; Fake News; Alt-Right;Memes

Summary/Abstract: I examine the US presidential election of 2016 and how hidden groups related to the alt-rightmanipulated the social media with hoaxes and memes. I examine some of the media platformsand forums where these contents mainly appeared during the campaign and I also present theanatomy of the groups’ previous actions, and from these I attempt to demonstrate that theirefforts are coordinated and their methods have become more sophisticated in the recent years

  • Issue Year: 6/2017
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 62-80
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Hungarian
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