‘We the people, not the sheeple’: QAnon and the transnational mobilisation of millennialist far-right conspiracy theories

Q2 Computer Science

First Monday Pub Date : 2023-03-13 DOI:10.5210/fm.v28i3.12854

Callum Jones

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Abstract

QAnon is a U.S.-based conspiracy theory that has been branded as far-right, yet it remains unclear which tenets of transnational far-right ideology are present within QAnon discourse and how adherents actively participate in the movement. To address this problem, a multi-phase content analysis on 1,000 tweets and 8kun posts explores the presence of transnational far-right tenets and millennialist themes within QAnon discourse. A posting frequency analysis of 37,782 tweets and 9,023 posts determines how QAnon adherents participate in precipitating a millennialist apocalypse, and how they can be disrupted. The results suggest that Australian QAnon communities integrate national themes and narratives to ground discourse in the Australian context, and communicate far-right tenets to identify a complex, interconnected left-wing deep state, that must be combatted through a coming apocalypse that QAnon adherents will participate in. This research develops new understandings of how far-right ideology can mould to fit different national contexts, can covertly manifest in discussion topics that are not explicitly far-right, and shows that millennialist movements can be both accelerated and disrupted using social media.

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“我们是人民，不是羊”:QAnon和千禧年极右翼阴谋论的跨国动员

QAnon是一个以美国为基地的阴谋论，被贴上了极右翼的标签，但目前尚不清楚在QAnon的话语中存在哪些跨国极右翼意识形态的原则，以及追随者如何积极参与该运动。为了解决这个问题，我们对1000条推文和8kun的帖子进行了多阶段的内容分析，探讨了QAnon话语中跨国极右翼教义和千禧年主义主题的存在。对37,782条推文和9,023条帖子的发布频率分析确定了QAnon信徒如何参与促成千禧年主义的末日，以及他们如何被打乱。结果表明，澳大利亚QAnon社区将国家主题和叙事融入澳大利亚背景下的地面话语，并传达极右翼信条，以确定一个复杂的、相互关联的左翼深层国家，必须通过QAnon信徒将参与的即将到来的末日来对抗它。这项研究发展了对极右翼意识形态如何适应不同国家背景的新理解，可以在不明确极右翼的讨论主题中隐蔽地表现出来，并表明使用社交媒体可以加速和破坏千禧主义运动。

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First Monday Computer Science-Computer Networks and Communications

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