id	author	title	date	pages	extension	mime	words	sentence	flesch	summary	cache	txt
spir-13020	Hermanova, Marie	FROM FRINGE TO MAINSTREAM: QANON NARRATIVES IN CENTRAL EUROPEAN DIGITAL SPACES	2023.0	3	.pdf	application/pdf	1047	62	42	The paper proposes a structure for tracing the journey of conspiracy narratives from English to Czech/Slovak speaking digital spaces: 1) the emergence of the narrative on a website such as GreenMedInfo.com, in English 2) the posting of the narratives on a platform that within the CEE spaces could be consider fringe (Bail 2012) such as Reddit, 8chan, Telegram or local web fora and discussion groups, were the content is translated into a local language 3) the reposting of memes, banners or posts based on these narratives in both English and Czech/Slovak within semi-closed communities such as Facebook groups or parts of TikTok – I propose the term niche platforms to describe the function of these platforms within the local context 4) the reposting by mainstream and major influencers and in groups on mainstream platforms such as Facebook, Instagram and parts of TikTok where the context of the original post with local narratives about authoritarianism blurs and merges together and finally 5) following backlash from mainstream publics and attempts at content moderation, the content moves to dark platforms (Zeng & Schäfer, 2021), within the Czech and Slovak speaking context now mostly represented by Telegram. Research has also focused on the role of influencers and digital opinion leaders in the proliferation of conspiracy narratives on social media (Lewis, 2018).	cache/spir-13020.pdf	txt/spir-13020.txt