Social Media and the Far Right

Reflection on Teamwork

Featured image retrieved from liquidplanner.com When working in groups, you are faced with certain challenges. Usually, you work individually. You have gotten used to a certain “routine” which works for you. What we realized within this group assignment was, how challenging it is to combine all of our different studying and preparation mentalities in order to become an efficient, well working group. This took some time in the beginning but after two or three meetings we had it figured out and were able to even use these different mentalities to our advantage.  One of the main problems we faced was...
Social Media and the Far Right

Full-time Politician, Part-time Influencer: Social Media and the Dutch Far Right

During the last general Dutch elections in the spring of 2021, social media played a key role. Almost every political party tried to increase their social media visibility through Instagram posts, Facebook ads, and Twitter. This in order to spread their political message and reach out to potential new voters. However, one Dutch party seems to have 'won' the social media game: the far right 'Forum for Democracy' and its flamboyant frontman, Thierry Baudet. The brand 'Baudet' Baudet reading a book in the Dutch House of Representatives. ©BRUNOPRESS Ever since the beginning of the party in 2016, 'Forum for Democracy...
Social Media and the Far Right

About us: Social Media and the Far Right

Featured Image retrieved from theconstantrevolution.com Hello and welcome to all readers, We would like to welcome you to our blog. This blog will take a deeper dive into the connection of the rise of the far-right parties in Europe and social media. We are four students from Maastricht University, Macy Morris, Julia Roig, Zoë Schneider, and Sofia Cancino Corral, in the Netherlands and are in our second year of the bachelor’s program of European Studies. Social media is a new phenomenon which politics have not been exposed to for very long. Social media has reshaped the way our society works....