Increasingly, influencers are employed to market not only products but also ideas and
beliefs. The far right has recognized the strategic potential of influencer communication to …

Though politics and promotion have never been completely separate, the convergence
between the two spheres is increasingly prominent in today's digital culture. To broaden our …

The rise of domestic fringe groups within the United States has been well documented,
threatening political and social stability. The QAnon conspiracy theory has developed as …

This study examined how exposure to social media influencer (SMI) content affects social
media engagement (SME), knowledge acquisition, social self-efficacy (SSE), and social …

Grounded in empirical data, this qualitative study analyses how female anti-feminist
influencers engage in metapolitics and how anti-feminist practices of metapolitics unfold …

Ratioing describes when a reply earns more likes than an original post on social media.
They also offer influencers opportunities to convert audience attention into political actions …

Abstract “The Great Reset” is a conspiracy theory that has become popular among people
resisting public health recommendations related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The name …

Political communication has fundamentally transformed as digital technologies have
become increasingly important in everyday life. Technology platforms have become …

The study presented in this article explores the processes through which influence takes
shape in eclectic online forums with few vanity metrics. Using a dataset of 7.5 million posts in …

Much scholarship on the far right focuses on Europe and North America, whereas case
studies outside of these regions are often neglected or not recognized as constituting the …