Why so Extreme?: A Critical Examination of Academic Literature on the Internet and Canadian Right-Wing Extremism

dc.contributor.author	Goetz, Nathan L.
dc.date.accessioned	2025-05-01T21:05:42Z
dc.date.available	2025-05-01T21:05:42Z
dc.date.issued	2024-04-17
dc.description	The paper examines how scholars study the internet's role in the rise of right-wing extremism in Canada. The coding of thirty academic articles published between 2020 and 2023 reveals that (1) researchers conduct content analyses of social media. They often label people and their posts as “extremist” by association with the post’s page rather than considering what the individuals actually write. (2) Scholars have different definitions of right-wing extremism. (3) While the field is vibrant, scholars consistently fail to engage in a dialogue with extremists to gain a deeper understanding of their beliefs. The results suggest that it is time to adopt a more ethnographic lens to grasp why people fall victim to extremist views. Academic researchers might cause even more extremism with their labelling.
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.7939/r3-pr82-4104
dc.language.iso	en
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subject	Right-Wing Extremism
dc.subject	Canada
dc.subject	Internet
dc.subject	Social Media
dc.subject	Ethnography
dc.title	Why so Extreme?: A Critical Examination of Academic Literature on the Internet and Canadian Right-Wing Extremism
dc.type	http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_93fc
ual.jupiterAccess	http://terms.library.ualberta.ca/public

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