Mathilda Åkerlund

Mathilda Åkerlund

Umeå universitet

H-index: 6

Europe-Sweden

About Mathilda Åkerlund

Mathilda Åkerlund, With an exceptional h-index of 6 and a recent h-index of 6 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Umeå universitet, specializes in the field of social media, far-right discourse, digital methods.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

The Sweden paradox: US far-right fantasies of a dystopian utopia

Refugees versus ‘refugees’: the role of Islamophobia in Swedish alternative media’s reporting on Ukrainian asylum seekers

Politics of Deliberate Inaction: The disconnect between platform justifications and user imaginaries on content moderation in a ‘free speech’online forum

TAPS: Tweets Across the Political Spectrum 2016–2020

Through a white lens: Black victimhood, visibility, and whiteness in the Black Lives Matter movement on TikTok

Far Right, Right Here: Interconnections of discourse, platforms, and users in the digital mainstream

Dog whistling far-right code words: the case of ‘culture enricher'on the Swedish web

From technology speculation to value creation: The changing discourse and actants in the construction of IoT on Twitter

Mathilda Åkerlund Information

University

Position

PhD candidate in Sociology

Citations(all)

248

Citations(since 2020)

246

Cited By

37

hIndex(all)

6

hIndex(since 2020)

6

i10Index(all)

6

i10Index(since 2020)

6

Email

University Profile Page

Umeå universitet

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Mathilda Åkerlund Skills & Research Interests

social media

far-right discourse

digital methods

Top articles of Mathilda Åkerlund

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

The Sweden paradox: US far-right fantasies of a dystopian utopia

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Mathilda Åkerlund

2023/11/26

Refugees versus ‘refugees’: the role of Islamophobia in Swedish alternative media’s reporting on Ukrainian asylum seekers

Media, Culture & Society

Amanda Palmgren

Mathilda Åkerlund

Lisen Viklund

2023/10

Politics of Deliberate Inaction: The disconnect between platform justifications and user imaginaries on content moderation in a ‘free speech’online forum

New Media & Society

Mathilda Åkerlund

2023/8/18

TAPS: Tweets Across the Political Spectrum 2016–2020

Preprint

Simon Lindgren

Mathilda Åkerlund

2022/6

Through a white lens: Black victimhood, visibility, and whiteness in the Black Lives Matter movement on TikTok

Information, Communication & Society

Moa Eriksson Krutrök

Mathilda Åkerlund

2023/7

Far Right, Right Here: Interconnections of discourse, platforms, and users in the digital mainstream

Mathilda Åkerlund

2022

Dog whistling far-right code words: the case of ‘culture enricher'on the Swedish web

Information, Communication & Society

Mathilda Åkerlund

2022/9/10

From technology speculation to value creation: The changing discourse and actants in the construction of IoT on Twitter

First Monday

Mathilda Åkerlund

Daniel Nylén

2021

Automatiserad datainsamling

Mathilda Åkerlund

2021/6/30

Influence Without Metrics: Analyzing the Impact of Far-Right Users in an Online Discussion Forum

Social Media+ Society

Mathilda Åkerlund

2021/4

The importance of influential users in (re)producing Swedish far-right discourse on Twitter

European Journal of Communication

Mathilda Åkerlund

2020/12

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Co-Authors

H-index: 32
Simon Lindgren

Simon Lindgren

Umeå universitet

H-index: 16
Samuel Merrill

Samuel Merrill

Umeå universitet

H-index: 8
Daniel Nylén

Daniel Nylén

Umeå universitet

H-index: 5
Moa Eriksson Krutrök

Moa Eriksson Krutrök

Umeå universitet

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