Virality and Morphogenesis of Right Wing Internet Populism

ISBN-13: 9783631769959 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 2018 / 190 str.

Julius Erdmann; Eva Kimminich

Opis

The studies focus on right-wing Internet populism in Germany, France and Italy. Based on a synopsis of socio-constructivist and semiotic paradigms, they stress the current changes of social reality perception and the thereby changing benchmarks, illuminating the effects viral myths, metaphors or memes have on common sense building.

Spis treści

Viral Information and Politics; The Rise of "Unpolitical" Right-Wing Rhetoric; Virality of the "Lügenpresse" Phenomenon; Conspiracy Theories about Refugees in Right-Wing Media; The Code BRD GmbH in the German Conspiracy-Ideological Milieu; Filter Bubbles and Echo Chambers in Online Networks; Memes as Vehicles for New Right Ideology, Power and Politics on Pixelcanvas; Viral Extremeness as a Semiotic Strategy, The Art of Trolling; Shift of meaning and Semiospheric Turbulences

O autorze

Eva Kimminich is Professor of Cultural Studies and Cultural Semiotics at the University of Potsdam. She is the chief editor of Welt - Körper - Sprache.

Julius Erdmann is a PhD student in Cultural Studies and Philosophy at the University of Potsdam and the University of Paris, Paris 8.

Amir Dizdarevic is finishing his Master degree in Linguistics in Potsdam.