Weaponizing white thymos: flows of rage in the online audiences of the alt-right.
The alt-right is a growing radical right-wing network that is particularly effective at mobilizing emotion through digital communications. Introducing 'white thymos' as a framework to theorize the role of rage, anger, and indignation in alt-right communications, this study argues that emotive commun...
| Publicado en: | Cultural Studies Vol. 34; no. 6; pp. 892 - 925 |
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