Abstract
This study investigates the translational practices of far-right activists in Germany through content analysis of storytelling about the January 6 storming of the US Capitol in influential German alternative news websites. Findings reveal how far-right commentators used their intermediary position to re-narrate, translate, and convert ‘mainstream’ accounts of an exceptionally contentious event into stories supporting far-right- wing and extremist identities. Re-narrations of January 6 events characterized protesters as victim-heroes and contrasted them with the true villains responsible for the chaos and violence, which included a broad spectrum of political actors on the ideological left writ large.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Journal | Translation in Society |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Pages (from-to) | 83 - 104 |
| ISSN | 2667-3037 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2022 |
Keywords
- Faculty of Social Sciences
- digital media
- ideology
- social movements
- far right
- translation
- mobilization
- narratives