From the outside looking in: The risks and challenges of analysing extremist discourses on far-right and manosphere websites

Barber, Kate 2021. From the outside looking in: The risks and challenges of analysing extremist discourses on far-right and manosphere websites. Cunnighman, Clare and Hall, Christopher J., eds. Vulnerabilities, Challenges and Risks in Applied Linguistics, Multilingual Matters, pp. 131-146. (10.21832/9781788928243-010)

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Abstract

The use of the internet by extreme right-wing groups is nothing new (see, for example, Conway et al., 2019; Hale, 2012) although its use by extremists has traditionally been in conjunction with activity organised on the ground (e.g. marches, meetings or organised events; Mudde, 2000). While some far-right organisations still operate in this way, the emergence of the Alternative Right (Alt-Right), which operates predominantly online, has redefi ned far-right extremism and enabled radical white male national-ists to unify (Neiwert, 2017: 258). The aff ordances of the online environ-ment have similarly united a range of men’s rights groups: from those campaigning against the repression of traditional gender roles to those which defi ne themselves through extreme misogyny, blaming feminism for the perceived emasculation and degradation of men. These collectives are together known as the manosphere (a term coined in 20 09 on the blog The Manosphere). Through a series of online campaigns, the Alt-Right and the manosphere are growing closer in their expression of ‘hostile sexism’, a term Mudde uses to describe the combination of ‘toxic masculinity’ – in which manhood is defi ned by violence, sex, status and aggression – and misogyny (Mudde, 2019: 150). This expression often takes the form of hate speech, sexually explicit reframing of rape and sexual assault and recon-textualised news reports on rape cases and is reported through various blogs, websites, mainstream social media platforms and forums.

Item Type:	Book Section
Date Type:	Published Online
Status:	Published
Schools:	English, Communication and Philosophy
Publisher:	Multilingual Matters
ISBN:	9781788928243
Last Modified:	09 Nov 2023 11:35
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/163579

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