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10. Creation of an Alt-Left Boogeyman: Information Circulation and the Emergence of ‘Antifa’

Authors : Patrick Love, Alisha Karabinus

Published in: Platforms, Protests, and the Challenge of Networked Democracy

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

After 2016, how did antifa become known as one of the biggest threats in America? This chapter tracks data from social media and both mainstream and alternative narrative sources to begin charting the rise, circulation, and velocity of the legend of a thuggish antifa threat. Tracing the creation of the antifa narrative allows the authors to construct a picture revealing how these three particular kairotic moments were leveraged to turn protesters into violent actors threatening democracy, and how left-leaning ideas will always be subsumed or overwhelmed in current media models.

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Title: Creation of an Alt-Left Boogeyman: Information Circulation and the Emergence of ‘Antifa’
Authors: Patrick Love
Alisha Karabinus
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Platforms, Protests, and the Challenge of Networked Democracy
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-36524-0

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-36525-7

Copyright Year: 2020
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36525-7_10