Antifa’s Political Violence on Twitter: a Grounded Theory Approach

This paper explores antifa activists’ use of doxing on Twitter against individuals perceived as alt-right militants. Following the principles of Grounded Theory, we collected 4690 tweets published by antifa users between September 2019 and September 2020 and analysed a random subsample of 1638. Resu...

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Authors: Jaccoud, Lachlan (Author) ; Molnar, Lorena (Author) ; Aebi, Marcelo F. 1966- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: European journal on criminal policy and research
Year: 2023, Volume: 29, Issue: 3, Pages: 495-513
Online Access: Volltext (kostenfrei)
Rights Information:CC BY 4.0
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