From "clueless" to "at risk" - Patterns of media Contact among Young People with (Online) Extremism

Reinemann, Carsten (2019): From "clueless" to "at risk" - Patterns of media Contact among Young People with (Online) Extremism. In: Totalitarismus und Demokratie, Bd. 16, Nr. 2: S. 109-125

Abstract

Given the high presence of extremist contents on the Internet, this contribution asks where and how frequently young people in Germany are confronted with such contents. A representative survey reveals great differences between young people: whereas many rather seldom notice encounters with extremism (however, while also finding it difficult to recognize it), a small group has frequent contact. Given the problematic attitude pattern of this group, one must fear a calamitous interplay of contents and attitudes which might be supportive for further (cognitive) radicalisation.

• Dokumententyp: Zeitschriftenartikel
• Fakultät: Sozialwissenschaften > Kommunikationswissenschaft
• Themengebiete: 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke > 070 Publizistische Medien, Journalismus, Verlagswesen
• ISSN: 1612-9008
• Sprache: Deutsch