Document Type
Pre-Print
Publication Date
5-2019
Subjects
Right-wing extremists, Information warfare, Fascism, White supremacy movements, Disinformation, Hybrid warfare
Abstract
The Alt-Right is a neo-fascist white supremacist movement that is involved in violent extremism and shows signs of engagement in extensive disinformation campaigns. Using social media data mining, this study develops a deeper understanding of such targeted disinformation campaigns and the ways they spread. It also adds to the available literature on the endogenous and exogenous influences within the US far right, as well as motivating factors that drive disinformation campaigns, such as geopolitical strategy. This study is to be taken as a preliminary analysis to indicate future methods and follow-on research that will help develop an integrated approach to understanding the strategies and associations of the modern fascist movement.
DOI
10.1109/BigData.2018.8622270
Persistent Identifier
https://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/28978
Citation Details
Bevensee, E., & Ross, A. R. (2018, December). The Alt-Right and Global Information Warfare. In 2018 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data) (pp. 4393-4402). IEEE.
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Human Geography Commons, Social Influence and Political Communication Commons, Social Media Commons
Description
This is the pre published version of the article. The definitive version published in : 2018 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (Big Data)