White America, threat to the status quo, and affiliation with the alt-right
A Qualitative Approach
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2155683 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D A Isom (0000-0002-9289-0033, University of South Carolina, corresponding author), Toniqua C Mikell (Department of Crime & Justice Studies, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Massachusetts, USA), Toniqua Mikell (0000-0003-3761-0702, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth), Hunter M Boehme (0000-0003-3231-0428, North Carolina Central University) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 213-228 |
| Publication date | 2021-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociological Spectrum (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0273-2173 • E-ISSN: 1521-0707 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/02732173.2021.1885531 |
| OpenAlex | W3134107948 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 13 |
| References cited | 85 |
While racial and political tensions have ebbed and flowed throughout American history, one thing makes the current moment distinct—the invasive presence of information through technology. Therefore, the polarization and bias of certain media outlets may exacerbate perceived differences between racial and ethnic groups, political parties, religions, and so forth, increasing tensions and the gaps between ‘us’ and ‘them.’ Using qualitative data from a study of the Alt-Right, we analyze the relationships between perceptions of social concerns, feelings of status threat, perceptions of media and technology, and affiliation with the Alt-Right among White Americans. In general, we find three primary themes regarding Alt-Right affiliation for White Americans: (1) threats to us, (2) return to the good ole days, and (3) faux news. Our findings yield valuable insight into the complex relationships between internalized and institutionalized racial hierarchies and extremist ideologies for White Americans. Implications for policy and research are discussed
Ethnic group · Feeling · Ideology · Perception · Political science · Politics · Qualitative research · Social science · Sociology · Status quo · Gender Studies · Law · Psychology · Social and Intergroup Psychology · Social Media and Politics · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
Cognitive–motivational mechanisms of political polarization in social-communicative contexts
“The Name Game”
White “Victim” Ideology and Online Aggression
A Future for White Children”
From strategy to sentiment
Status Threat, Social Concerns, and Conservative Media
La correlación entre el detrimento económico y la radicalización hacia la extrema derecha en Estados Unidos
How opposing ideological groups use online interactions to justify and mobilise collective action
Rooted in White Identity Politics
From Anti-Muslim to Anti-Jewish
White Racial Identity and Its Link to Support for Far-Right Groups
The White Right
The New Black Right
Right-wing populism in America
White man falling
White Identity Politics
At Least Bias Is Bipartisan
A Multilevel Test of Minority Threat Effects on Sentencing
Selective Exposure in the Age of Social Media
A Convenient Solution
Feeling Threatened About the Future
Racial, Ethnic, and Immigrant Threat
The Algorithmic Rise of the “Alt-Right”
Political polarization and the electoral effects of media bias
Attentive Turkers
An Inconvenient Truth
Political Discourse on Social Media
Status threat, not economic hardship, explains the 2016 presidential vote
Stamped from the Beginning
The color of law
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
Toward a Theory of Minority Group Relations
Deep stories, nostalgia narratives, and fake news
Political polarization drives online conversations about Covid ‐19 in the United States
Changing Norms Following the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election
Lie for a Dime
Red Media, Blue Media
Living with Television
An Integrative Theory of Intergroup Conflict
The Left Behind
Social Threat and Social Control
Political Extremism Predicts Belief in Conspiracy Theories
On the Precipice of a “Majority-Minority” America
Bias in Cable News
Trump, trans students and transnational progress
The Self-Radicalization of White Men
Presidential Election
Correlates of Violent Political Extremism in the United States
Race, Racial Threat, and Sentencing of Habitual Offenders
Racial Typification of Crime and Support for Punitive Measures
Racial Threat, Partisan Politics, and Racial Disparities in Prison Admissions
Racial Threat, Concentrated Disadvantage and Social Control
Race Prejudice as a Sense of Group Position
Group status, perceptions of threat, and support for social inequality
Polarization and correct voting in U.S. presidential elections
Qualitative inquiry and research design
White Rage
Elections and Divisiveness
Can Democracy Survive the Internet
May the weak force be with you
Explaining the Trump Vote
Intergroup Bias
Whites' opposition to busing
Political Polarization in the American Public
Prejudice as Group Position
United States
The revolt of the Rust Belt
Perceptions of Racial Group Competition
What is Wrong with Social Theory
Social Media and Fake News in the 2016 Election
Online Surveys for BGLT Research
The Demographic and Political Composition of Mechanical Turk Samples
I'm building a wall around my uterus
Mind, Self, and Society
Black Threat and Incarceration in Postbellum Georgia
Racial Threat and Social Control
Deprovincializing Trump, decolonizing diversity, and unsettling anthropology
MTurk Character Misrepresentation
Racial Context and Police Force Size
Unpacking the Racial Disparity in Crime from a Racialized General Strain Theory Perspective
The typification of Hispanics as criminals and support for punitive crime control policies
| Unique citing works | 13 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,6 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2025 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 13 |