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Drilling a Telegram-YouTube Pipeline: Cross-Platform Affordances of German Anti-Government Extremist Networks

Leoni Heyn Orcid Logo, Joe Whittaker Orcid Logo

Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, Pages: 1 - 28

Swansea University Author: Joe Whittaker Orcid Logo

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This study examines social media platforms in the mobilization and convergence of German Anti-Government Extremist (AGE) networks Querdenken and Reichsbürger in the lead-up to their coup-attempt in December 2022. Using a longitudinal URL analysis of 785,865 Telegram messages from August to December...

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Published in: Studies in Conflict & Terrorism
ISSN: 1057-610X 1521-0731
Published: Informa UK Limited 2025
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