Disordered Sense-Making: Conflict Narratives in the Digital Era

About this episode

Dr Samuel Tanner reflects on his journey from researching war crimes to exploring contemporary issues of disinformation and social order in the digital age.

Dr Samuel Tanner offers a reflective monologue tracing his intellectual journey from doctoral research on war crimes in the Balkans to contemporary work on right-wing extremism, disinformation, and what he calls pop masculinism. Across these projects runs a persistent question: how do people make sense of a world that feels as though it is slipping out of alignment? Drawing on fieldwork, policing research, and analysis of digital platforms, Dr Tanner explores the relationship between violence, information, and social order in an era where public discourse increasingly unfolds within privately governed online spaces.

People in this episode

Host: Cybercrimeology

Guest: Dr Samuel Tanner

Topics covered

• disinformation
• right-wing extremism
• pop masculinism
• violence
• social order
• digital platforms

Keywords

• disinformation
• right-wing extremism
• Balkans
• violence
• social order
• digital platforms
• pop masculinism

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Books & works: Disordered Sense-Making: Conflict Narratives in the Digital Era

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