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Social media and hate

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Using expert interviews and focus groups, this book investigates the theoretical and practical intersection of misinformation and social media hate in contemporary societies. Social Media and Hate argue that these phenomena, and the extreme violence and discrimination they initiate against targeted groups, are connected to the socio-political contexts, values, and behaviors of users of social media platforms such as Facebook, TikTok, ShareChat, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The argument moves from a theoretical discussion of the practices and consequences of sectarian hatred, through a methodological evaluation of quantitative and qualitative studies on this topic, to four qualitative case studies of social media hate, and its effects on groups, individuals, and wider politics in India, Brazil, Myanmar, and the UK. The technical, ideological, and networked similarities and connections between social media hate against people of African and Asian descent, indigenous communities, Muslims, Dalits, dissenters, feminists, LGBTQIA communities, Rohingya, and immigrants across the four contexts are highlighted, stressing the need for an equally systematic political response. This is an insightful text for scholars and academics in the fields of Cultural Studies, Community Psychology, Education, Journalism, Media and Communication Studies, Political Science, Social Anthropology, Social Psychology, and Sociology.

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302.231 BAN s

Publisher

New York : Routledge., 2022

Collation

130p.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781003083078

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302.231

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Subject(s)

Social media
Online hate speech

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Statement of Responsibility

Shakuntala Banaji, Ramnath Bhat

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