TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Sweden: When hate becomes the norm
JO  - Race and class
A1  - Hirvonen, Katrina
SP  - 78
EP  - 86
VL  - 55
IS  - 1
N2  - The author, who worked at the Swedish Vallentuna centre for unaccompanied minors, was shocked by the anti-foreigner climate she encountered. In order to examine the parameters of this hostility, she researched representations of unaccompanied minors online. Working within the framework of netnography, she uncovered a potent mix of Islamophobia and anti-foreigner hate, with unaccompanied minors depicted within a Eurabian mindset. The article reflects on the relationship between offline and online worlds and suggests that extremist sites provide echo chambers for far-right opinion. By normalising extreme views, they serve to deliver more votes to the Sweden Democrats - an extreme-right parliamentary party which is setting the national terms of debate on restricting immigration.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-3968
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306396813486604
ID  - ref1
ER  -