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cord-249477-ux15lv31	Darius, Philipp	How the Far-Right Polarises Twitter: 'Highjacking' Hashtags in Times of COVID-19	2020-10-12		.txt	text/plain	2746	136	49	For the example of COVID-19 related hashtags and their retweet networks, we examine the case of partisan accounts of the German far-right party Alternative f"ur Deutschland (AfD) and their potential use of 'hashjacking' in May 2020. We see that right-wing partisans are actively and effectively polarising the discourse by 'hashjacking' COVID-19 related hashtags, like #CoronaVirusDE or #FlattenTheCurve. It is important to know the dynamics of social media discourse, when engaging in it: A small group of political partisans, in our case of the far-right AfD, systematically polarises discussions on public hashtags to influence public opinion formation and leverage their own content. As alternative communication channels (social platforms and messengers) are particularly attractive for right-wing populist and radical-right politicians, we assume that COVID-19 related hashtags, like #CoronaVirusDE and #Flatten-TheCurve, have been systematically targeted by German far-right partisans of #AFD.	./cache/cord-249477-ux15lv31.txt	./txt/cord-249477-ux15lv31.txt