Right-Wing Extremist Exploitation of the Covid-19 Pandemic; A study on the framing of the Covid-19 pandemic by Dutch right-wing extremist groups
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2022-12-28
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The present study’s primary objective has been to respond to the growing concerns among security experts and the media about the growing influence of right-wing extremism within Dutch society and gain a better understanding of current right-wing extremist goals and activities. To achieve this, this thesis has aimed to answer the question: How to understand the framing of the Covid-19 pandemic by right-wing extremist groups in the Netherlands? To provide an answer to this, first, a critical literature review of the historical and current state of right-wing extremism within the Netherlands was conducted to gain an understanding of the current context right-wing extremist groups operate, this was followed by a frame identification analysis of Telegram posts related to the Covid-19 pandemic disseminated during the Covid-19 pandemic, inspired by Entman’s (1991) definition of framing and Matthes and Kohring’s (2008) four-variable coding methodology, finally, the frames were analysed through the perspective of social movement theory to gain a better understanding of why particular frames were deployed and why certain frames more frequently than others.
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Faculteit der Managementwetenschappen