Far-right boundary construction towards the "other": Visual communication of Danish People's Party on social media.

ABSTRACT: This paper explores how images are used in online far-right political communication to create distinct groups of "otherness." Focusing on the Danish People's Party, we look at how symbolic boundaries are constructed through images to emphasize an exclusive conception of the nation and its citizens, who need protection from the threatening "others." In order to understand the global rise of the far right, scholars of social movements and digital media have called for new research on how visual images serve the mainstreaming of extremist and nationalist beliefs online. We look at images communicated by the Danish People's Party on their Facebook page, exploring how digital images visually communicate the party's slogan of "Safety and trust" (in Danish: "Tryghed og tillid"). With a focus on b

SUBMITTER: Awad S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10087174 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature