Cyberhate

James Bacigalupo; Robin Maria Valeri; Kevin Borgeson

doi:10.5771/9781793606983

Summary

Cyberhate: The Far Right in the Digital Age explores how right-wing extremists operate in cyberspace by examining their propaganda, funding, subcultures, movements, offline violence, and the ideologies that drive it. Scholars and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines and professions including criminal justice, psychology, cybersecurity, religion, law, education, and terrorism studies contribute to provide an extensive analysis of the far-right online political landscape. Specific topics include laws surrounding cyberhate, propaganda, bitcoin funding, online subcultures such as the manosphere, theories that explain why some take the path of violence, and specific movements including the alt-right and the terroristic Atomwaffen Division. Relying on manifestos and other correspondence posted online by recent perpetrators of mass murder, this book focuses on specific groups, individuals, and acts of violence to explain how concepts like “white genocide” and incel ideology have motivated recent deadly violence.

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Copyright year: 2022
ISBN-Print: 978-1-7936-0697-6
ISBN-Online: 978-1-7936-0698-3
Publisher: Lexington, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 180
Product type: Edited Book

1. Contents No access
1. References No access
1. Cyberspace—What Is It? No access
2. Navigating Cyberspace around the Globe No access
3. Social Media No access
4. Threats and Defenses in Cyberspace No access
5. References No access
1. Part I: The Psychology of Persuasion No access
2. Part II: Mental Shortcuts That Increase Compliance No access
3. Part III: Recognizing Hate Websites No access
4. References No access
1. Part I: Sources and Types of Law No access
2. Part II: Criminal Laws against Cyberhate No access
3. Part III: Civil Actions No access
4. Part IV: Limits of the Law—Can We Regulate the Internet? No access
5. Conclusion No access
6. Notes No access
7. References No access
1. Overview of Bitcoin No access
2. Cyberhate Groups’ Use of Bitcoin No access
3. Patterns of Activity No access
4. Conclusion No access
5. References No access
1. Mass Shootings, Fascism, and White Power Accelerationism No access
2. Conclusion No access
3. Notes No access
4. Appendix 1: Further Reading No access
5. References No access
1. White Genocide: The Imagined War on the White Race No access
2. The Manosphere No access
3. Explanations for Violence No access
4. References No access
1. Structure of the Movement No access
2. Alt-Right Politics No access
3. Not Alt-Right No access
4. Alt-Right Website Analysis No access
5. Methods No access
6. Variables and Results No access
7. The Current State of the Alt-Right No access
8. References No access
1. Law Enforcement’s Role No access
2. References No access
Index No access Pages 165 - 176
About the Contributors No access Pages 177 - 180