Internationalization of Neo-Nazism and Social Media: Psychosocial, Sociopolitical and Security Inquiry

Abstract

This research analyses the internationalization paradigm of extremism and neo-Nazism, affecting related global events within the historical, psychosocial, sociopolitical, security, and globalized media framework; problematizing a gap between peace, violence, democratic legislation, social awareness, political agendas, participation, and hyperpersonal communication theories. The radicalization process can be initiated or encouraged by sociopolitical or sociopsychological circumstances that directly or indirectly affect the individual. There is no detailed profile of a person attentive to commit terrorism, various positions, and judgments. The capacity and participation in the sociopolitical process are questioned. The impoverishment of public life and the public sphere creates a critical potential for demagogic and ideological extremist manipulation. Democratic accountability and transparency could be submerged by far-right spin specialists who have more scope to manage information. Such an occurrence coincides with the mass society theories. Hyperpersonal communication initiated securitization, highlighting the internationalization of neo-Nazism and neo-Fascism (i.e., Norwegian-Breivik and New Zealand-Tarrant). It is undeniably essential that a democratic, legal state has a monopoly on violence. The lack of decisionmakers in the political sphere who would: establish a different direction in the constitution of the community, understanding that managing the relevant weaponry and cognate laws is a regional, transnational, and trans-party issue, and the actual field of their political legitimacy; a failure for diverse global societies.Hadžıć 12 orientations towards politics and political institutions. Policy-oriented citizen activities can be of greater or lesser intensity, require more or less time and resources, be individual or collective, and have more or less success. A key component in achieving a refined response to neo-Nazism and neofascism ensures adequate social awareness and representation of all sociopolitical actors and individuals within the security sector, especially when defining policies and programs and operational roles in law enforcement. A characteristic of the post-modern world is the lack of security and the mixing and merging of different styles and genres. Besides, various media and communication theories must be criticized in the post-modern world because they view people as passive recipients of information. There were no independent media in Nazism. All mass media were under the strict control of the regime. Their task was not to objectively inform the population but instead to spread the ruling ideology and indoctrinate it. Thus, there is no risk from Stalinism in the twenty-first century but a variant of Nazism and Fascism.This research analyses the internationalization paradigm of extremism and neo-Nazism, affecting related global events within the historical, psychosocial, sociopolitical, and security frameworks. It further explores media and social media in the globalized world and ...