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Breugem, David (2021)

The Rising Threat of the Alt-Right Pipeline: A Qualitative Narrative Analysis of Online and Offline Radicalization Cases

Bachelor thesis | Security Studies (BSc)

Online right-wing radicalization has been on the rise globally. Little academic research has been conducted on this phenomenon. One study conceptualizes the online right-wing radicalization process in a pipeline. This study will research whether this Pipeline theory is a new concept, or whether it exists in some other form. By conducting a narrative qualitative analysis on three skinhead autobiographies, this research has discovered that the Pipeline theory can be applied to older cases of right-wing radicalization, thus meaning that the Pipeline theory exists in other forms. While the Pipeline can be applied to older cases, this research has disclosed that the online and offline trajectories are too contrasting with one another. It is of the utmost importance for policymakers and law enforcement to research the Alt-Right Pipeline. Falling into the Alt-Right Pipeline can have deadly consequences, e.g. the Christchurch Massacre, El-Paso Wallmart Shooting et cetera.

Online

Radicalization

Pipeline

Alt-Right

Author

Breugem, David

Faculty

Faculty of Governance and Global Affairs

Supervisors

Carthy, S.L.

ECTS Credits

15

Language

en