Influencers are omnipresent on social media platforms. They occupy important digital real
estate across a range of topical domains including beauty, fashion, and gaming. While …

In a preliminary analysis of 121,984 posts from X (formerly known as Twitter) containing the
hashtag# SaveTheChildren, we found that conspiratorial posts received more engagement …

In this study, we interviewed 22 prominent hacktivists to learn their take on the increased
proliferation of misinformation on social media. We found that none of them welcomes the …

Blood libels are narratives about Jews and Christians, featuring an accusation that a child or
a woman had been kidnapped and assaulted due to religious or economic goals. Blood libel …

The cyber-information space presents a unique risk for the creation and proliferation of
identity-driven actors. The choice of some individuals to align with and perpetuate identity …

The belief that consuming violent media will lead someone to commit violence is a
longstanding societal concern. This concern manifests in the phenomenon of'antis' within …

During COVID, an 'infodemic'of polluted information spread at speed and scale across social
media. A prominent example was a complex digital wildfire that conflated the pandemic with …

Alt-right ideology has become increasingly mainstream despite its dangerous and
regressive core (Valasik and Reid, 2023). The messages circulated by alt-right public figures …

This dissertation will explore the role of brand culture, digital platforms, and fan play in the
development of a reactionary fan identity that I call the white masculine crusader (WMC). By …

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