The Reactionary Web
Digital platforms have become a critical stage for far-right movements in the US. This book shows how white nationalist networks exploit the Internet’s openness and techno-publicity to spread ideology, organize, and maintain visibility. Analyzing interfaces, website infrastructure and user-generated content, this book reframes online extremism as a product of capitalism.
Inside the book:
• How algorithms, memes, and terms of service amplify online hate
• The decline and rebirth of the alt-right
• The political economy of platform capitalism
• Abolitionism and internet politics
• What the right talks about online when they think no one’s watching
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Recommended Citation
Van Schenck, Reed. 2026. The Reactionary Web: White Supremacist Digital Media After the Alt-Right. Bristol, UK: Bristol University Press.