Baoning Gong
About
Baoning Gong completed her Master's degree in Media and Political Communication at the Free University of Berlin. As a research assistant and doctoral researcher in the research group "Dynamics of Digital Mobilisation", she investigates the influence of platform functionalities on the mobilization of the Far-Right.
In her dissertation, she analyzes the networks of extremist movements on various social media platforms and also examines fringe platforms that host more extreme communities. Additionally, she engages in projects involving the analysis of strategies employed by different actor groups within the Far-Right, such as political parties and alternative media, as well as their interplay within an alternative information ecosystem. She employs both social network analysis and quantitative content analysis in her research.
Research Group: Dynamics of Digital Mobilisation
Positions
Research Associate
Research Focus: Digital Markets and Public Spheres on Platforms
Research Group „Dynamics of Digital Mobilisation“
Contact
Memberships, committees and functions
- Member Institutional board (Representative of the scientific staff). Weizenbaum Institute (from March 2023 until March 2025)
- Spokesperson PhD students. Weizenbaum Institute (from December 2022 until December 2023)
Fields of Research
Baoning Gong researches:
- social media
- comparative research
- networks
- right-wing extremism
Publications
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