(A chaotic video analysis on politically right video formats on Youtube)

How do we deal with this?

A collaborative newspaper issue about the current alt-right, conspiracy theory, anti-vaccine movement in Germany and the U.S. and its absurd cultural values and visual language.

Besides other great texts and visual essays, the publication contains my essay about so-called “alternative journalists” in Germany. A video analysis of three different YouTube channels that connect a very vague group of people with a wide range of conspiracies and questionable political opinions. A cover-up that provides ground for ultra-right, anti-semitic, racist, nationalist, sexist, homophobic and xenophobic ideas! Under the excuse of freedom of speech, these influencers could benefit from the accurance of the coronavirus and their anger against the government regarding social issues. In one of their main naratives >the German government is a dictatorship operating under the cover of a democracy< In the movement seen as “revolutionists” the purpose of this kind of “journalism” is to make people insecure, introduce them to a wider range of fears and let them drift into the world of “Querdenker” to follow protests organised by politically right movements.

The essay analyses language, visual appearance and recurring patterns as well as the connection between the three “alternative journalists” mentioned above. It provides a toolkit for taking apart this kind of influence, to understand the messages and motivations behind it.

The layout is a reaction to the immense amount of videos that are produced in this corner of the internet. The images fall into the text like waterfalls, carving their own narrative, just to flow together again to remind us of the deep connection between those personas behind the desinfomration of so many.