In the 1990s and early 2000s, there was much discussion about the democratic and anti-democratic implications of the internet, the latter particularly focused on the far-right using it to spread hate and recruit. Despite this, the American far-right did not harness it quickly, effectively or widely. More recently though, they have experienced a resurgence and mainstreaming, benefitting greatly from social media. This chapter will examine the history of the American far-right’s use of the internet in light of this, in respect to: 1. How this history developed in response to political changes and emerging technologies; 2. How it reflected and changed the status of such movements and their brand of hate; and 3. The relationship between online activity and traditional forms and methods of communication.
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Winter, A. (2019). Online Hate: From the Far-Right to the ‘Alt-Right’ and from the Margins to the Mainstream. In Online Othering (pp. 39–63). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12633-9_2
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