RT Article
T1 Variations on a Theme?: comparing 4chan, 8kun, and Other chans’ Far-Right "/pol" Boards
JF Perspectives on terrorism
VO 15
IS 1
SP 65
OP 80
A1 Baele, Stéphane J.
A2 Brace, Lewys
A2 Coan, Travis G.
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/186879718X
AB Online forums such as 4chan and 8chan have grown in notoriety following a number of high-profile attacks conducted in 2019 by right-wing extremists who used their "/pol" boards (dedicated to "politically incorrect" discussions). Despite growing academic interest in these online spaces, little is still known about them; in particular, their similarities and differences remain to be teased out, and their respective roles in fostering a certain farright subculture need to be specified. This article therefore directly compares the content and discussion pace of six different/pol boards of "chan" forums, including some that exist solely on the dark web. We find that while these boards constitute together a particular subculture, differences in terms of both rate of traffic and content demonstrate the fragmentation of this subculture. Specifically, we show that the different/pol boards can be grouped into a three-tiered architecture based upon both at once how popular they are and how extreme their content is.
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 78-80
K1 Far-right
K1 Internet
K1 chan boards
K1 4chan
K1 8kun
K1 Language
K1 computational methods