Poles Apart? The Extent of Similarity Between Online Extremist and Non-extremist Message Content

Within studies of extremism, extremist and non-extremist messages are generally treated as two sets of competing constructed narratives. However, some research has argued that these message forms are not dichotomous and that non-extremist narratives demonstrate overlap with extremist master narrativ...

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Autores principales:	Sheryl Prentice, Paul J. Taylor
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Publicado:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2021
Materias:	extremism counter-extremism mainstream (dis)similarity positioning resistance Psychology BF1-990
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:1c7d6f0d408947c3bf471b2a42b198412021-11-19T04:54:59ZPoles Apart? The Extent of Similarity Between Online Extremist and Non-extremist Message Content1664-107810.3389/fpsyg.2021.776985https://doaj.org/article/1c7d6f0d408947c3bf471b2a42b198412021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.776985/fullhttps://doaj.org/toc/1664-1078Within studies of extremism, extremist and non-extremist messages are generally treated as two sets of competing constructed narratives. However, some research has argued that these message forms are not dichotomous and that non-extremist narratives demonstrate overlap with extremist master narratives. The aim of this paper is to test this hypothesis empirically by comparing 250 extremist, 250 mainstream and 250 counter-extremist messages. The paper finds considerable overlap between extremist and non-extremist material. However, an analysis of underlying content suggests that this overlap may not be so much due to the extensive adoption of an extremist master narrative by non-extremist authors, but rather a question of resistance and positioning, specifically, who are authors resisting and why? The findings have implications for counter-extremism policy.Sheryl PrenticePaul J. TaylorFrontiers Media S.A.articleextremismcounter-extremismmainstream(dis)similaritypositioningresistancePsychologyBF1-990ENFrontiers in Psychology, Vol 12 (2021)
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description	Within studies of extremism, extremist and non-extremist messages are generally treated as two sets of competing constructed narratives. However, some research has argued that these message forms are not dichotomous and that non-extremist narratives demonstrate overlap with extremist master narratives. The aim of this paper is to test this hypothesis empirically by comparing 250 extremist, 250 mainstream and 250 counter-extremist messages. The paper finds considerable overlap between extremist and non-extremist material. However, an analysis of underlying content suggests that this overlap may not be so much due to the extensive adoption of an extremist master narrative by non-extremist authors, but rather a question of resistance and positioning, specifically, who are authors resisting and why? The findings have implications for counter-extremism policy.
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title	Poles Apart? The Extent of Similarity Between Online Extremist and Non-extremist Message Content
title_short	Poles Apart? The Extent of Similarity Between Online Extremist and Non-extremist Message Content
title_full	Poles Apart? The Extent of Similarity Between Online Extremist and Non-extremist Message Content
title_fullStr	Poles Apart? The Extent of Similarity Between Online Extremist and Non-extremist Message Content
title_full_unstemmed	Poles Apart? The Extent of Similarity Between Online Extremist and Non-extremist Message Content
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Poles Apart? The Extent of Similarity Between Online Extremist and Non-extremist Message Content

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