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- Title
The Outrage of Networks: Social Media and Contemporary Authoritarian Populism.
- Authors
Hrynyshyn, Derek
- Abstract
Until the last few years, the vast majority of theorizing about the political implications of online social networking capacities tended to assume that new communications media would empower progressive forces against the undemocratic tendencies in industrialized countries. However, the election of Donald Trump, the electoral success of similar political movements in other capitalist democracies, and the rise to prominence of the so-called 'alt-right' in numerous online spaces constitute a development that requires re-examination of much of the common wisdom about social media and politics. This essay explores why earlier optimistic theory cannot explain why reactionary ideas have been so politically successful in the world of social media.
- Subjects
INTERNET &; politics; SOCIAL media; PRESIDENTIAL elections; ONLINE social networks; TRUMP, Donald, 1946-
- Publication
Democratic Communiqué, 2019, Vol 28, Issue 1, p27
- ISSN
1555-8967
- Publication type
Article