Mapping Supremacist Ideologies: A Computational and Qualitative Exploration of Rhetorical and Ideological Cross-Pollination between Anti-Feminist and

绘制至上主义意识形态：反女权主义和另类右翼极端主义在线生态系统之间修辞和意识形态的交叉传播的计算和定性探索该项目旨在揭示和分析图像板的视觉和语言实践，这些实践在与最近许多与极右翼极端主义有关的事件有关的民兵运动的形成中发挥了核心作用。通过结合对这些论坛全文和视觉内容的尖端计算机辅助内容分析，以及对抽样帖子的深入解释性检查，本项目将加深对这些网站与极右翼民兵运动发展及其相关身份的理解。这项研究发生在这些团体在全球知名度和成员数量上经历了前所未有的增长之时。极右翼一直以敌意为特征，通过精心构建的危机叙事声称，左翼自由主义和社会变革对白人人口和传统价值观构成了生存威胁，这种担忧似乎被现代的进步全球化和选举出的两极分化的公职人员所合法化，这些公职人员自由地重复极右翼的谈话要点。因此，这些团体得到了空前程度的公众认可和支持，有办法更自由地向更广泛的受众传播他们的想法，并积极寻求与志同道合的人建立联系，形成强大的社区。在与埃克塞特大学的合作中，我打算在1+3奖的整个期间内，识别和背景化渠道上极右翼意识形态表达的在线模式，调查极右翼民兵组织和类似组织如何利用这些网站的技术结构和亚文化语言来制作引人注目的极端主义叙事。虽然已经出现了大量的文献来解释/pol（“政治不正确”的意思）论坛在极右翼网络生态系统中所扮演的角色，但在专门讨论枪支的/k论坛上也需要做类似的工作。这构成了我们对极右翼网络生态系统理解的一个严重的研究缺口，特别是考虑到不同类型的论坛的细微差别和特质，以及各自叙事和亚文化的差异。再加上极右翼发起的攻击越来越频繁，这使得这里提出的工作既必要又及时。具体来说，该项目将(1)开发计算和解释方法，揭示这些/k板最重要的语言和视觉模式；(2)利用社会理论来解释这些模式，从而强调身份和文化实践在这些运动构成中的作用。在此过程中，该项目将有四个相互关联的研究问题：1。这些/k板上的主要互动模式是什么？2. 这类板的文字景观有哪些特点？3. 上述理论与已知的社区形成理论有什么关系？4. 以上三个问题告诉我们这些群体的线上形成和线下动员有什么意义？虽然植根于对极端主义和社会行为理论的研究，但这项研究特别关注互联网使极右翼活动成为可能的方式，试图了解在线社区在哪里以及如何形成和互动，从而与ESRC对人类互动和数字时代存在方式的新兴关注相关。

Mapping Supremacist Ideologies: A Computational and Qualitative Exploration of Rhetorical and Ideological Cross-Pollination between Anti-Feminist and Alt-Right Extremist Online EcosystemsThis project seeks to expose and analyse the visual and linguistic practices of image boards that have been known to play a central role in the formation of militia movements linked to numerous recent incidents related to far-right extremism. By combining cutting-edge computer assisted content analysis of the full textual and visual content of these forums with in-depth interpretive examination of sampled threads, this project will enhance the understanding of how these websites relate to the development of far-right militia movements and their associated identities. This research takes place at a time when these groups have experienced unprecedented growth in global visibility and membership. The far-right has always been characterised by hostility, purporting through carefully constructed crisis narratives that left-wing liberalism and social change pose an existential threat to the white population and traditional values, fears which have seemingly been legitimised by the progressive globalisation of the modern age and the election of polarising public officials who freely regurgitate far-right talking points. Consequently, these groups have been granted an unprecedented degree of public recognition and support, armed with the means to more freely communicate their ideas to a wider audience and to actively seek connections with like-minded individuals to form powerful communities.In collaboration with the University of Exeter, I intend throughout the duration of the 1+3 award to identify and contextualise online patterns of far-right ideological expression on the chans, investigating how far-right militia groups and similar organisations exploit the technical structure and subcultural language of these sites to craft compelling extremist narratives. While a body of literature has begun to emerge to explain the role that /pol (for "politically incorrect") boards play in the far-right online ecosystem, similar work needs to be done on the /k boards, boards dedicated to the discussion of firearms. This constitutes a serious research gap in our understanding of the far-right online ecosystem, especially given the nuances and idiosyncrasies of the different types of boards and the differences in their respective narratives and subcultures. Combined with the increased frequency of far-right inspired attacks, this makes the work being proposed here both necessary and timely. Specifically, this project would (1) develop computational and interpretive methods that will reveal the most important linguistic and visual patterns of these /k boards and (2) utilise social theories to explain these patterns, thereby underlining the role of identity and cultural practices in the constitution of these movements. In doing so, this project would have four, inter-related, research questions: 1. What are the main patterns of interaction on these /k boards? 2. What are the characteristics of the textual landscape of such boards? 3. How do the above relate to known theories of community formation? 4. What do the three questions above tell us about the online formation of these groups and their offline mobilisation?Although rooted in the study of extremism and theories of social behaviour, this research focuses specifically on the ways in which the internet enables the activities of the far right, seeking to understand where and how online communities form and interact and thus bearing relevance to the ESRC's emerging focus on human interaction and ways of being in the digital age.