Short clips, clear enemy stereotypes, strong emotions: extremist communication has an easy time on TikTok and similar platforms. In this lecture, Sebastian Zollner, founder of HateKompass, offers insights into the risks of digital radicalisation and the potential of social media as places for networking, identity formation and democratic education.
Social media has long been an integral part of our lives. It provides spaces for exchange, visibility and belonging. At the same time, however, they also serve as platforms for extremist actors who want to spread specific narratives, exploit identity crises and recruit (not only) young people for ideological purposes. This input shows how extremist actors and politicians capture attention, simplify narratives and specifically activate young people emotionally, thereby furthering the spiral of radicalisation.
Using current examples, the lecture shows how online radicalisation processes work, what mechanisms and staging are used, and what dynamics we can currently observe, from right-wing extremism and misogynistic subcultures to Islamist online milieus.
The lecture is free of charge and open to all interested parties!
Please register by emailing: katharina.juszczak@lkcelle.de
The event is a collaboration between the Celle Police Department, the district of Celle, the Celle Adult Education Centre, the Bergen-Belsen Memorial and the city of Celle. The event is sponsored by the Amadeu Antonio Foundation.
The organisers reserve the right to exercise their domiciliary rights and to refuse admission to or exclude from the event any persons who belong to right-wing extremist parties or organisations or who have made or continue to make anti-Semitic, anti-democratic, history-denying, nationalistic, racist or other inhuman statements, attitudes or visible signs.