How Contagious Were the Capitol Riots in Europe – In Praxis and in Perception?

This contribution presents a short overview on the impact of the Capitol Riots riots in Europe. Fear of a similar mass-mediated contagion was explicitly expressed by most of the European leaders. Echoes and acclamation for the riots in the U.S. were indeed heard on websites, QAnon-sites, and within...

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1. VerfasserIn: Graaf, Beatrice de (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2021
In: Terrorism and political violence
Jahr: 2021, Band: 33, Heft: 5, Seiten: 922-925
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Capitol Riots
Contagion
QAnon
Threat assessment
accelerationism
curfew riots
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Zusammenfassung:This contribution presents a short overview on the impact of the Capitol Riots riots in Europe. Fear of a similar mass-mediated contagion was explicitly expressed by most of the European leaders. Echoes and acclamation for the riots in the U.S. were indeed heard on websites, QAnon-sites, and within circles of Trump supporters in Europe as well. An earlier storming of the German Reichstag (in 2020) was cited. In the Netherlands, the curfew riots of 24–25 January 2021 also were put into this context. Security agencies and officials in the U.K. and the Netherlands repeated this threat awareness in recent, formal threat assessments.
ISSN:1556-1836
DOI:10.1080/09546553.2021.1932346