Anton Törnberg

University of Gothenburg

Based in

Sweden
Europe

Anton Törnberg is an Associate Professor in Sociology at the Department of Sociology and Work Science. His research primarily focuses on right-wing extremist movements on the Internet, including online radicalization, and the diffusion of misinformation and disinformation. Methodologically, he combines machine learning with qualitative text analysis to study large amounts of digital data. He is currently working on a projekt in which he maps the online climate change counter movement in Sweden, employing social network analysis and multi-modal computational framing analysis.