Television & New Media ( IF 2.4 ) Pub Date : 2021-01-22 , DOI: 10.1177/1527476420982234 Tina Askanius 1
This article is based on a case study of the online media practices of the militant neo-Nazi organization the Nordic Resistance Movement, currently the biggest and most active extreme-right actor in Scandinavia. I trace a recent turn to humor, irony, and ambiguity in their online communication and the increasing adaptation of stylistic strategies and visual aesthetics of the Alt-Right inspired by online communities such as 4chan, 8chan, Reddit, and Imgur. Drawing on a visual content analysis of memes (N = 634) created and circulated by the organization, the analysis explores the place of humor, irony, and ambiguity across these cultural expressions of neo-Nazism and how ideas, symbols, and layers of meaning travel back and forth between neo-Nazi and Alt-right groups within Sweden today.
中文翻译:
关于青蛙,猴子和处决模因:探索瑞典新纳粹运动与Alt-Right运动交汇处的幽默仇恨联系
本文基于对激进的新纳粹组织北欧抵抗运动(Nordic Resistance Movement)的在线媒体实践的案例研究,该运动目前是斯堪的纳维亚半岛规模最大,最活跃的极右演员。我追踪到他们最近在网上交流中变得幽默,讽刺和模棱两可,以及受到4chan,8chan,Reddit和Imgur等在线社区的启发,对Alt-Right的风格策略和视觉美学的适应性日益增强。模因的视觉内容分析(N = 634)由组织创建并分发,该分析探讨了在新纳粹主义的这些文化表达中幽默,反讽和歧义的位置,以及观念,符号和含义层如何在新纳粹和Alt之间来回传播今天在瑞典的右派团体。