TY - BOOK AU - GRAAF Beatrice de TI - How contagious were the capitol Riots in Europe - In praxis and in perception? PY - 2021/// KW - CAPITOL RIOTS KW - CONTAGION KW - CURFEW RIOTS KW - QANON KW - ACCELERATIONISM KW - THREAT ASSESSMENT N2 - This contribution presents a short overview on the impact of the Capitol Riots riots in Europe. Fear of a similar mass-mediated contagion was explicitly expressed by most of the European leaders. Echoes and acclamation for the riots in the U.S. were indeed heard on websites, QAnon-sites, and within circles of Trump supporters in Europe as well. An earlier storming of the German Reichstag (in 2020) was cited. In the Netherlands, the curfew riots of 24-25 January 2021 also were put into this context. Security agencies and officials in the U.K. and the Netherlands repeated this threat awareness in recent, formal threat assessments UR - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09546553.2021.1932346 ER -