From Twitter to Capitol Hill: Far-Right Authoritarian Populist Discourses, Social Media and Critical Pedagogy

by Panayota Gounari

Book Overview

What does the backlash against Critical Race Theory, the Capitol insurrection, Trumpism, Twitter, and neo-Nazis have in common? This book delves deep into conservative social media and far-right extremist platforms to understand the revival and proliferation of far-right authoritarian populist discourses after Trump's ascent to power. After the January 6th Capitol insurrection and the role social media have played in normalizing and promoting far-right...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004428305
• ISBN13: 9789004428300
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 192 Pages