Tamara Fuchs
M.A. (Ph.D. Student)
POSTS BY TAMARA FUCHS:
[Blog] Lone, but not alone: right-wing terrorism and militant accelerationism in Japan
Over the past few years, the world has witnessed an apparent increase in ostensibly decentralized right-wing terrorist attacks by individuals who appear to act solely on their own behalf (i.e. without receiving instructions or material support from specific terrorist organizations). In response, criminologists have coined the term “lone wolf terrorism” for this strand of terrorism. […]
[Article] “Normalizing misogyny: hate speech and verbal abuse of female politicians on Japanese Twitter”
Abstract: Social media platforms such as Twitter have gained tremendous political importance in recent years. Moreover, being considered as platforms for organizing grass root political movements or political participation in general, this positive view has given way to more critical perspectives on the negative sides of social media, such as attempts of algorithmically manipulating public […]
