Digital Media Strategies of the Far Right in Europe and the United States - by Patricia Anne Simpson & Helga Druxes (Hardcover)

About the Book

Digital Media Strategies of the Far Right in Europe and the United States compiles a variety of perspectives on the ways right-wing activists and extremists are using popular media to advance their political-sometimes violent-agendas.

Book Synopsis

Digital Media Strategies of the Far Right in Europe and the United States compiles a variety of perspectives on the ways right-wing activists and extremists are using popular media to advance their political--sometimes violent--agendas.

Review Quotes

Simpson and Druxes' edited collection provides a timely exploration of the role of digital media in political radicalism across Europe and North America. Drawing on an impressive array of rigorously researched studies, the volume considers not only Internet extremism, but the media strategies of contemporary far right parties and movements as well as how homophobia, racism, and radicalism are transmitted through a range of popular cultural forms. Avoiding the temptation to ascribe agency to the Internet itself, this book constitutes a rounded and nuanced contribution to the debate about how digital media is employed by the far right today.

This is a truly impressive volume. The range of topics covered provides substantial breadth while each chapter offers a richly textured level of analysis. For scholars of social movements, political extremism, and digital culture this volume is a must read.

About the Author

Patricia Anne Simpson is professor of German studies at Montana State University in Bozeman.

Helga Druxes is professor of German at Williams College.