The Web of Hate: Fragmentation of Media Authority and its Link to Right-Wing Populism and Cyber Islamophobia

The twenty-first century has been marked strongly with two extremely significant developments, firstly the increase in international terror attacks and secondly evolution of media information consumption based on technological advancements. These phenomena together have led to figurative literal blowing up mass coverage, but, increasingly more importantly, social traffic. This shift by general public, especially after attacks, is leading a fragmentation authority that traditional gained years being monopoly verified exchange. increased usage wide accessibility allowing people feel connected globally creation mediascapes defining in-groups like-minded against Islam, as common enemy, which leads drastic online hate Islam Muslims. Digital therefore ability unify participants around an “us” specifically “other” labeled enemy. Islamophobia thus become useful tool for right-wing populists not only gather large following but parties assemble electors several European nation-states. This, turn, can provoke escalation populism where people, who are experiencing echo chamber first hand or those perceiving viral developments from outside, easy prey political influence. Therefore, groups, hashtags sites be seen feeding ground populist parties. Keywords: Echo-chamber, Islamophobia, cyberspace, media, populism.