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Anti-Immigrant Sentiments and Mobilization on the Internet
Örebro University, School of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-8866-0972
2019 (English)In: The SAGE Handbook of Media and Migration / [ed] Kevin Smets, Koen Leurs, Myria Georgiou, Saskia Witteborn and Radhika Gajjala, London: Sage Publications, 2019, 1, p. 551-562Chapter in book (Refereed)
Abstract [en]

This chapter brings fresh insight into how various forms of online communication contributes to growing anti-immigrant sentiments in contemporary society. It assesses the strategies of anti-immigration actors as well as every-day social media communication. The chapter discusses the affective dimension of social media use with an emphasis on how emotions and affect drive the circulation of anti-immigration discourse on internet. It demonstrates how anti-immigration and racist sentiments in public discourse are moulded through interactivity across media spaces, organised political activity and the mundane use of social media platforms by citizens. It argues that “uncivil” expressions on the internet push the boundaries of publicly acceptable speak and ultimately impact the broader public discourse on migration and migrants.

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London: Sage Publications, 2019, 1. p. 551-562
Keywords [en]
social media, racism, refugees, affect, anti-immigrant
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Media and Communications
Research subject
Media and Communication Studies
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URN: urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-77696ISBN: 978-1-5264-4721-0 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:oru-77696DiVA, id: diva2:1367263
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"Interactive racism in Swedish online media, press and politics: Discourses on immigration and refugees at times of crisis." Swedish Research Council Grant 2016-05464
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Swedish Research Council, 2016-05464Available from: 2019-11-01 Created: 2019-11-01 Last updated: 2020-02-18Bibliographically approved

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