Fictional Frontlines: A Mapping Review and Research Agenda for the Study of Far-right Engagement with Films, Television and Video Games

With audiovisual fiction still largely overlooked in recent literature on the far right, this article turns its attention to research dedicated to the intersections between the far right and films, television series and video games. Based on a mapping review, we first identify main trends in existing literature, finding that it is mainly focused on (1) history and memory, (2) far-right regimes, and (3) film, and is (4) largely based in humanities approaches. Building on this and on recent developments in the literature, we then propose four ways forward to ensure that future research on the far right and audiovisual fiction is more attuned to (1) the contemporary far right, (2) the heterogeneity that characterises the far right today, (3) the significance of series and games as additionally important forms audiovisual fiction and, (4) the specificities and complexities of far-engagement with audiovisual fiction in a digital context.