Ursinus College Digital Commons @ Ursinus College Media and Communication Studies Summer Student Research Fellows 7-21-2017 The Rise of the Alt-Right Movement Ryan T. Summers Ursinus College,
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[email protected]. The Rise of the Alt-Right Movement Ryan Summers Ursinus College, Summer Fellows 2017 Mentor: Dr. Anthony Nadler 1 Abstract The alt-right was once seen an obscure subculture festering on sites like Reddit and 4chan. They were written off as a bunch of trolls and racists too scared to organize, and media outlets saw them as a fringe movement with little hope of growing. However, the 2016 Presidential election of Donald Trump is one of many important events the alt-right rallied behind. They are even leaving their computer screens and beginning to hold ‘free-speech’ rallies across the country. This project asks very important questions about how this has become possible.