Expose, debunk, ridicule, resist! Networked civic monitoring of populist radical right online action in Finland

Hatakka, Niko

doi:10.1080/1369118x.2019.1566392

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“…The Finns Party politics are often against immigration and foreigners. Hatakka ( 2020 ) asserted immigration scepticism is a core element of the Finns Party collective identity and image. Other Finnish political parties besides the Finns Party also share some critical views towards migration, though all other parties would keep the yearly numbers of quota refugees untouched (750–1050 in recent years) or increase the amount (Heikura & Selander, 2018 ).…”

Section: Current Trends In Migration To and From Finlandmentioning

confidence: 99%

Migration to Finland and the Nordic Nations

Croucher

Galy‐Badenas

Condon

et al. 2021

Migration and Media in Finland

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This chapter provides a brief review of historical migration to Finland, discusses the legal aspects of migrating to Finland and the rights of immigrants and refugees, current trends in migration to and from Finland, and analyses how other Nordic nations (Denmark, Norway, and Sweden specifically) have responded to the refugee crisis. Through this discussion, similarities and differences in how Nordic nations have historically and currently respond to migration are explained.

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Section: Current Trends In Migration To and From Finlandmentioning

confidence: 99%

Migration to Finland and the Nordic Nations

Croucher

Galy‐Badenas

Condon

et al. 2021

Migration and Media in Finland

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“…This feature makes memes useful tools in busy and congested everyday interaction (Hahner, 2013). The anonymity of memes and the fact that the responsibility for monitoring social media communication is partly conducted by other users have provided far-right and other extreme groups with new opportunities and platforms to disseminate their messages (Hatakka, 2019).…”

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“…Far-right and other extreme groups are increasingly using social media as a vehicle to spread their ideas and ideology (Davis et al, 2016; Ekman, 2018; Hatakka, 2019). In the Finnish context, Horsti (2015) has shown that the change of mediascape at least partially explains the rise of anti-immigration movements from marginal political actors to the center of the political sphere.…”

Section: Context: Radical Nationalist Movements In Finlandmentioning

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Persuasion Through Bitter Humor: Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Rhetoric in Internet Memes of Two Far-Right Groups in Finland

Hakoköngäs

Halmesvaara

Sakki

2020

Social Media + Society

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This study focuses on the role of Internet memes in the communication of two far-right groups in Finland. The material consists of 426 memes posted by Finland First and the Soldiers of Odin between the years 2015 and 2017 on Facebook. Multimodal discourse analysis was applied to understand the contents, forms, and rhetorical functions communicated via the Internet memes. The analysis shows that the contents of the memes revolve around six themes: history, humor, mythology, symbols, news and mottos. By using Internet memes, the groups aim to construe a heroic imagined past, to lend legitimacy to the nationalist cause, to arouse moral anger and hate toward refugees, and to encourage the movements’ followers to fight. We argue that, for the extreme groups, Internet memes are tools to crystallize their arguments in an easily shareable and concise form, which makes the memes useful tools in persuasion and mobilization, as well as attracting new audiences.

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“…Moreover, journalistically evaluative attention may be frequently overallocated to moments of social media–facilitated disagreement, conflict, and affectively negative communication exchanges, perhaps because such exchanges signify that something important is at stake (e.g., Goldstein & Freedman, 2002). Combined, these factors result in scenarios where gatewatching journalists may inadvertently act as assets for deviant actors and ideas (e.g., Hatakka, 2019).…”

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“…Haller and Holt (2019) have, for example, previously spoken of the “populism paradox” wherein populists denounce the press while simultaneously seeking to attract its attention. Such activities are undertaken because they allow for communication with a larger audience (Haller & Holt, 2019; Hatakka, 2019) and because such information informs future knowledge-building activities (Karlsson & Holt, 2016). As it pertains to the former point, the reclassification of deviant information into information suitable for legitimized public debate facilitates exposure processes that may, in some instances, lead to counterspherical growth (e.g., so-called “redpilling”).…”

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A Spherical Rendering of Deviant Information Resilience

Hopp

Ferrucci

2020

Journalism & Mass Communication Quarterly

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This theoretical exploration describes the social and technical features that, together, play a role in the resilience of deviant ideas in contemporary society. It argues, specifically, that two distinct but inter-related spherical processes together contribute to the social persistency of deviant information. The first of these spherical phenomena relates to the fragmentation of the dominant public discussion sphere. The second spherical process of interest relates to information spheres, and specifically as it pertains to a widening of the sphere of legitimate controversy (i.e., the society-wide determination that a topic or object of conversation is worthy of debate). This article argues that these two spherical entities—the constellation of dominate and counter discussion spheres and the information sphere—have a mutualistic and interactive relationship with one another, and that understanding this relationship provides critical insight into the social resilience of deviant information.

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Expose, debunk, ridicule, resist! Networked civic monitoring of populist radical right online action in Finland

Cited by 18 publications

References 29 publications

Migration to Finland and the Nordic Nations

Migration to Finland and the Nordic Nations

Persuasion Through Bitter Humor: Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Rhetoric in Internet Memes of Two Far-Right Groups in Finland

A Spherical Rendering of Deviant Information Resilience

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