Cyberhate: The Far-Right in the Digital Age explores how right-wing extremists operate in cyberspace by examining their propaganda, funding, subcultures, movements, and ideologies, as well as the legal and cultural responses offline far-right violence. Scholars and practitioners from a wide range of disciplines provide extensive analysis of how the far-right operates on the internet and why this particular type of hate often progresses to extreme violence. Specific topics include far-right propaganda, bitcoin funding, online subcultures such as the manosphere, theories that explain why some take the path of violence, and specific movements including the alt-right and the terroristic Atomwaffen Division. Relying on manifestos and other correspondence posted online by recent perpetrators of mass murder, this book focuses on specific groups, individuals, and acts of violence to explain how concepts like "white genocide" and incel ideology have motivated recent deadly violence. This book would be of interest to anyone studying criminal justice, criminology, psychology, cybersecurity, religion, law, education, or terrorism studies.
James Bacigalupo is a doctoral student in the criminology and justice studies program at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Kevin Borgeson is associate professor of criminal justice at Salem State University and former Research Fellow for The Center for Holocaust and Genocidal Studies. Robin Maria Valeri is professor of psychology and Director of the Center for Nonviolence at St. Bonaventure University.
Chapter 1: Welcome to Cyberspace by Michael Hoffman Chapter 2: Looks Can Be Deceiving: The Challenges of Recognizing Hate in Cyberspace by Robin Maria Valeri Chapter 3: Is Hate Against the Law? Legal Responses to Cyberhate by Janine Fodor Chapter 4: Bitcoin: The Currency of White Supremacists by John Bambenek Chapter 5: Accelerating Hate: Atomwaffen Division, Contemporary Digital Fascism, and Insurrectionary Accelerationism by Michael Loadenthal, Samantha Hausserman, and Matthew Thierry Chapter 6: When Cyberhate Turns to Violence: White Nationalism to the Manosphere by Kevin Borgeson and James Bacigalupo Chapter 7: The Alt-Right: Breaking into the Mainstream by James Bacigalupo and Kevin Borgeson Chapter 8 Responding to Cyberhate by James Bacigalupo
