Digital Expos S Of Extreme-right Sho

Taylor & Francis Ltd

Digital Exposs of Extreme-Right Shock ChannelsAuthor(s): Caryn Coatney\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781041154822, 978-1041154822\nSynopsis\nThis book takes an in-depth look at journalists developing practices to expose the extreme-right networks that receive many millions of views across the dark web and mainstream platforms.\n\nThe book draws on ideas about journalisms role as a digital guardian, or a gatekeeper, which can engage audiences about the need to counter viral terror content and white supremacist material. This rare case study is focused on journalists reporting and news audiences related comments about the increasingly prevalent shock channels on social media. Previously, journalistic stories have been critiqued for sensationally promoting extreme-right leaders. This book shows how journalists are adapting digital techniques to start countering the extreme-rights subcultures including a twisted buzz.