Google Plus as a Contentious Field of Revolutionary Identity
The Rise and Fall of the Rightist Islamist Anti-Nuclear Deal Movement in Iran
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12835994 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amirhossein Teimouri (0009-0005-7335-7179, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 402-416 |
| Publication date | 2021-08-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1569-1322 • E-ISSN: 1569-1330 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15691330-bja10036 |
| OpenAlex | W3189758534 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
Social media platforms have been increasingly reinvigorating extreme movements, especially rightist movements. Utilizing unique Google Plus data, the author shows the rise and fall of the 2015 rightist anti-Nuclear Deal movement in Iran. He argues that the Google Plus platform in 2015 provided the new generation of revolutionary Islamist rightist activists with a contentious space of mobilization, enabling them to develop a new revolutionary rightist identity. This revolutionary identity and its corresponding language and discourse did not fully unfold in Iranian mainstream rightist media, even though rightist groups, compared to liberal groups, are not censored and repressed. The new generation of rightist activists perceived the Nuclear Deal as an existential threat to revolutionary principles of the country, and thus played out their outrage and identity anxieties on Google Plus. The author contends that this online outrage, due to the activists’ identity bond with the regime and the 1979 Iranian Revolution, however, did not translate into any massive offline mobilization against the Nuclear Deal. He also discusses the methodological implications of using social media data, especially the discontinuation of Google Plus
Aesthetics · Identity (music · Mainstream · Media studies · Outrage · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social media · Social movement · Sociology · Gender Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
Studying Online Activism
Identity, Grievances, and Political Action
Islamization by Secular Ruling Parties
Quantifying Social Media's Political Space
The Counter-Revolution's Long March
The weaponization of language
Conservative and Right-Wing Movements
Donald Trump, the anti-Muslim far right and the new conservative revolution
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |