Methods for mapping far right violence

Ravndal, Jacob Aasland; Jupskås, Anders Ravik

doi:10.4324/9781315304670-8

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“…Muslims and the LGBT community are particularly targeted by hate speech, as indicated by a report from the Ministry of Justice (Kettunen & Paukkeri, 2021). Supporters of far‐right ideologies have been responsible for physical attacks on minority groups in several countries, including Finland (Ravndal et al, 2019).…”

Section: Navigating Identity and Politics In Finlandmentioning

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Online polarization and identity politics: An analysis of Facebook discourse on Muslim and LGBTQ+ communities in Finland

Unlu,

Kotonen

2024

Scand Pol Stud

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This study employs a mixed‐methods approach to investigate the nature of Facebook posts related to Muslims and LGBTQ+ individuals in Finland, spanning a period of 4 years. Through the use of the CrowdTangle platform, the researchers extracted and analyzed Facebook posts that encompassed predetermined keywords indicative of potential hate speech. The findings underscored divergent patterns of engagement and sentiment toward these two groups, with implications for the different levels of societal acceptance and tolerance exhibited. Posts related to Muslims typically elicited controversy and were often depicted as threats, whereas posts about the LGBTQ+ community generally advocated for inclusivity. However, persistent negative stereotypes about the LGBTQ+ community were also evident. The analysis also brought to light how political parties strategically used these discourses to steer conversations, consolidate their ideological positions, and mobilize their respective supporters. Grounded in the social identity theory, this study sheds light on the complex dynamics of online political discourse, revealing its far‐reaching impacts on societal attitudes, intergroup relations, and formation of group identities. The nuanced understanding derived from these observations suggests that interventions fostering healthier public discussions on social media platforms could contribute significantly to combating societal division, prejudice, and bias. This research underscores the importance of scrutinizing online discourses to address issues of societal cohesion and social acceptance.

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Section: Navigating Identity and Politics In Finlandmentioning

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Online polarization and identity politics: An analysis of Facebook discourse on Muslim and LGBTQ+ communities in Finland

Unlu,

Kotonen

2024

Scand Pol Stud

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“…As far as violent acts themselves are concerned, the literature mainly differentiates between three categories: far -right violence, terrorism, and hate crime, and the second and the third type are not always related to the far right (Sullaway 2017;Ravndal -Jupskås 2020). Hate crimes are mostly understood as bias -motivated acts against a vulnerable group, while terrorism is defined as an act that is intended to have a greater impact on a wider group.…”

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“…First, as we have noted above, not all hate crimes are committed by far -right actors. Second, hate crime is not always 'only' violence; and third, in some cases violent acts are not committed due to racial beliefs, such as in the case of attacks against politicians, which are thus not considered hate crime (Ravndal -Jupskås 2020). Hence, far -right violence is a third category that partially overlaps with both categories of hate crime and terrorism.…”

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“…In theory, these data could serve as a basis for comparison between countries and for detecting tendencies over the years in single countries. However, they often suffer from some inherent methodological problems that make comparisons difficult or even impossible (Ravndal -Jupskås 2020). For example, Europol's annual EU Terrorism Situation and Trend Report (TE -SAT) is a yearly report about terrorist events based on the information provided by Member States.…”

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Measures against right-wing extremism in an illiberal populist country: The case of Hungary

Vidra¹,

Félix²

2023

Politics in Central Europe

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The paper focuses on the question of what it means both conceptually and practically to talk about counter right ‑wing extremism (RWE) measures in an illiberal populist regime while the dominant political ideology or narratives are very close to those of right ‑wing extremists. Through a qualitative analysis of policies in the Hungarian context, the paper explores both the political and the policy scene to understand how the political context and policies identified as counter ‑RWE measures interact. Relying on the categorisation of counter ‑measures, different sets of policies are scrutinised: legal, security, anti ‑terrorism, and public order measures including education, prevention, exit, deterrence, training, and communication programmes. It was concluded that there is a lack of government strategy and policies for countering RWE including almost all relevant policy fields. It was also observed that hate crime incidents have increased under the illiberal regime while at the same time previously strong extremist militant activities have declined. However, as it is argued, it is not due to effective policies but the manipulating political strategy of the incumbent party.

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Der neue Terror von rechts

Fürstenberg

2023

Rechter Terrorismus: International – Digital – Analog

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Methods for mapping far right violence

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Online polarization and identity politics: An analysis of Facebook discourse on Muslim and LGBTQ+ communities in Finland

Online polarization and identity politics: An analysis of Facebook discourse on Muslim and LGBTQ+ communities in Finland

Measures against right-wing extremism in an illiberal populist country: The case of Hungary

Der neue Terror von rechts

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