Campos Martínez, Pol
(2025)
The holy digital battleground: a Multimodal Content Analysis of Spanish Catholic Christian Nationalism on Twitter and Instagram.
Master thesis, Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation.
Abstract
Religion is often perceived to be in decline, particularly across Europe. Yet far-right political
parties increasingly draw on religious themes in their discourse. These actors actively use social
media to spread their messages, which are often infused with nativist, racist, and Islamophobic
ideas. This master’s thesis aims to analyze the Christian Nationalist sentiment in Spain in the online
environment, with particular attention to its communication strategies and main themes. Through
a multimodal content analysis of 116 posts -57 on Instagram and 59 on Twitter-, the thesis reveals
how the movement mobilizes medieval narratives such as the Reconquista, portraying Islam as an
enduring millennial enemy. All these discourses are propagated through communicative strategies
such as humor or historicism, maintaining a connection with the misogynist and anti-feminist
movement known as the Manosphere. Lastly, while this phenomenon shares features with White
Christian Nationalism, being articulated similarly, it adopts elements exclusive to its local context
| Type: |
Thesis
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| Degree programme: |
Master Religion Conflict and Globalisation |
| Academic year: |
2024-2025 |
| Date of delivery: |
03 Feb 2026 10:49 |
| Last modified: |
03 Feb 2026 10:49 |
| URI: |
https://rcs.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/878 |
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