The web archive Communicating Hate critically examines right-wing extremist communication on the Internet. It is a collection of symbols, phrases, images, and "theories" that are used as dog whistles, i.e., for the subliminal communication of political views, or in a propagandistic sense. The Anti-Defamation League's (ADL) Hate on Display archive served as a primary source for content.

The digital archive shows how ambiguity is used as a means to make right-wing extremist fantasies socially acceptable with the help of a new (visual) language. By contextualizing the content, connections between right-wing extremist symbolism and terminology are revealed.

For this reason, a digital map was created for the interface that shows the connections between the entries in the archive. There is also a detail page for each entry, which contains the following elements:

• the symbol or term explained
• an explanatory text
• related elements that help understanding.

To prevent re-traumatization, terms, symbols, and images are filtered and trigger warnings are added to the content. Censorship can be removed by hovering with the cursor over a censored element.

Software:

• vue.js
• directus
• p5.js

Fonts:

• Lunchtype22 by Stefan Wetterstrand

Research, Inspiration, Notes:

• content-related research
• visual research
• concept research
• notes
• reports from dropouts