✨New paper out at IJoC✨ Politicization and Right-Wing Normalization on YouTube: A Topic-Based Analysis of the “Alternative Influence Network” With @cschwem2er.bsky.socialijoc.org/index.php/ij... 🧵⤵️

Very interesting, Curd!

We draw on Becca Lewis’ classification of YT's "reactionary right.” datasociety.net/library/alte... Spanning almost 10 years, our corpus includes pivotal moments in right-wing internet discourse: Gamergate, the 2016 election, the rise of the “alt-right” & MAGA meme wars...