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The Eurabia Conspiracy Theory: Twitter's Political Influencers, Narratives, and Information Sources
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Abstract In recent years, conspiracy theories on social media have emerged as a significant issue capable of undermining social perceptions of European integration. Narratives such as the Eurabia doctrine, which would imply an ethnic replacement of the indigenous European population with migrants (Bergmann, ... view more
In recent years, conspiracy theories on social media have emerged as a significant issue capable of undermining social perceptions of European integration. Narratives such as the Eurabia doctrine, which would imply an ethnic replacement of the indigenous European population with migrants (Bergmann, 2018), have been a significant resonance. Thanks to computational analysis, we have collected data from Twitter over three years (2020, 2021, and 2022) during the Covid-19 pandemic. In this period, we collected over 50,000 tweets strictly related to the Eurabia doctrine topic in different European languages. Analysing the collected data, we identified the most relevant voices spreading conspiracy theories online, the emerging narratives related to the Eurabia doctrine, and the primary sources used by the most active or mentioned subjects in spreading disinformation.... view less
Keywords
social media; twitter; false report
Classification
Interactive, electronic Media
Impact Research, Recipient Research
Media Contents, Content Analysis
Free Keywords
Eurabia doctrine; conspiracy theories; population replacement conspiracy
Document language
English
Publication Year
2023
Page/Pages
p. 73-85
Journal
Media and Communication, 11 (2023) 4
Issue topic
Mediatized Discourses on European Integration: Information, Disinformation, and Polarization
ISSN
2183-2439
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed