Baoning Gong completed her master's degree in media and political communication at the Free University of Berlin. As a research associate and doctoral student in the “Dynamics of Digital Mobilization” research group, she investigates the influence of platform functionalities on the mobilization of the extreme right.

In her dissertation, she analyzes the networks of right-wing extremist movements on various social media platforms and also examines fringe platforms that host more extreme communities. Furthermore, in other projects she devotes herself to analyzing the strategies of various groups of actors on the extreme right, such as parties and alternative media, as well as their interaction in an alternative information ecosystem. She uses both social network analysis and quantitative content analysis.

Memberships and features

• Doctoral candidate speaker at the Weizenbaum Institute

• Representative of the scientific staff on the Institute Council of the Weizenbaum Institute

Winter semester 2024/25

Seminar: Einführung in die empirische Kommunikationsforschung

Summer semester 2024

Seminar: Einführung in die empirische Kommunikationsforschung 

Winter semester 2023/24

Seminar: Rechtsextremismus im Internet: Plattformen, Akteur:innen und Mobilisierungsstrategien, paired with Seminar: Rechte Netzwerke auf Telegram: Strukturen und Inhalte (Florian Primig)

Winter semester 2022/23

Seminar: Rechtsextremismus im Internet: Plattformen, Akteure und Mobilisierungsstrategien

• Social media
• Comparative research
• Networks
• Right-wing extremism

Current publications can be found in the profile on the website of the Weizenbaum Institute.