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26 - Antisemitism in Social Media and on the Web

from Part III - The Modern Era

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2022

By
Mark Weitzman
Edited by
Steven Katz
Steven Katz
Affiliation:
Boston University
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Summary

The internet has become the prime channel for distribution of antisemitic propaganda today. This chapter traces the history of antisemitism online, with an emphasis on current memes prevalent on social media, as well as some of the impact of that propaganda. It also grounds antisemitism in cyberspace in a historical perspective, demonstrating links between prior print and current electronic antisemitic discourse.

Keywords

internetantisemitismconspiracy theoriessocial media
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The Cambridge Companion to Antisemitism , pp. 481 - 496
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2022

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Daniels, Jessie, Cyber Racism: White Supremacy Online and the New Attack on Civil Rights (Lanham, MD, 2009).Google Scholar
Davey, Jacob, “Hosting the ‘Holohoax’: A Snapshot of Holocaust Denial across Social Media,” Institute for Strategic Dialogue (London, 2020).Google Scholar
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Schwarz-Freisel, Monika, “Antisemitism 2.0 and the Cyberculture of Hate: Opening Pandora ’s Box,” in The Routledge History of Antisemitism, ed. Weitzman, M., Wald, J., and Williams, R. (London, forthcoming).Google Scholar
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Weimann, Gabriel, and Masri, Natalie, “Research Note: Spreading Hate on TikTok,” Studies in Conflict & Terrorism (2020), 1–14.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Weitzman, Mark, “Antisemitism and Terrorism on the Electronic Highway,” in Terrorism and the Internet, ed. Hans-Liudger Dienel, Yair Sharan, Christian Rapp, and Niv Ahituv (Amsterdam, 2010), pp. 7–26.Google Scholar
Weitzman, Mark, “The Internet Is Our Sword: Aspects of Online Antisemitism,” in Remembering for the Future: The Holocaust in an Age of Genocide, ed. Roth, John K., Maxwell, Elisabeth, Levy, Margot and Whitworth, Wendy (London, 2001), pp. 911–925.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Wetzel, Juliane, “The Protocols of the Elders of Zion on the Internet: How Radical Political Groups Are Networked via Conspiracy Theories,” in The Global Impact of the Protocols of the Elders of Zion: A Century Old Myth, ed. Webman, Esther (London, 2011), pp. 147–160.Google Scholar

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