Descripción del proyecto
Combatir la radicalización de extrema derecha en línea
Los grupos extremistas de extrema derecha están difundiendo en línea la retórica del odio. La creciente normalización de la retórica radical populista supone una amenaza para la seguridad de la Unión Europea y una amenaza existencial para valores europeos fundamentales, como la no discriminación, la tolerancia y la igualdad, indicados en el artículo 2 del Tratado de la Unión Europea. El proyecto financiado con fondos europeos RADICALISATION identificará las estrategias de radicalización en la propaganda en línea de la extrema derecha. Su objetivo es contribuir a los programas de prevención y desradicalización. El centrarse en las estrategias de radicalización de la extrema derecha es coherente con los objetivos políticos planteados en el documento de la Comisión Europea «Estrategia Global sobre Política Exterior y de Seguridad de la Unión Europea» (A Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy).
Objetivo
The European Union (EU) is facing a high-level security threat by the re-emergence of the far right, indicated by a recent significant increase in far-right violence, often underreported to the police and by the media. The timeliness of this project is indicated by the alarming rate of radicalisation in the EU: the use of the internet for the fast-paced dissemination of far-right ideology and mobilisation of radicalised individuals from white supremacist movements pose an enhanced security threat to the EU and an ‘existential threat’ to fundamental European values such as ‘non-discrimination, tolerance, and equality’ as per Article 2 of the Treaty of EU. The primary goal of this project is to identify radicalisation strategies in online far-right propaganda, in order to gain a deep understanding of its linguistic repertoire and contribute to its prevention. Specifically, the main research question of is how radicalisation strategies of European far-right narratives deploy a wide range of nuanced semiotic, linguistic and visual meaning-making resources in order to recruit potential new members. Understanding the appeal of the European far right is therefore an urgent priority: the increasing normalisation of populist radical rhetoric is evidenced by 1) these voices gaining traction in recent elections and referenda and 2) increased incidents of hate speech and hate crime. By investigating extremist online propaganda, the ultimate goal of this interdisciplinary project is twofold: 1) to contribute new knowledge relevant to a range of disciplines, and 2) to lay the foundations for the creation of educational and deradicalisation programmes. This focus on far-right radicalisation strategies is consistent with the policy objective of ‘develop[ing] joint programmes on countering violent extremism and radicalisation’, set out in the European Commission’s document 'A Global Strategy for the European Union’s Foreign and Security Policy'.
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