Collection
Digital Hate and (Anti-)Social Media
- Submission status
- Closed
The terrorist attack on a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand, in spring 2019, brought to the fore the ways social media is used by terrorists and their sympathisers to host and circulate material that promotes their beliefs and activities.
This research collection aims to provide a forum in which issues of ‘digital hate’, and related phenomena, such as the proliferation of hate speech by extreme movements, such as the ‘alt-right’, can be interrogated.
Research papers that explore the following questions, among others, will be welcomed:
*Is it possible to regulate extreme content in a trans-national way?
*Is social media increasingly anti-social in it content and effects?
*What is the scale and scope of alt-right and hate-speech content on-line?
*What is the history of the alt-right’s use of social media?
*How does hate-speech circulate—and why do social media platforms host it?
*What are the limits of initiatives such as the ‘Christchurch Call’ that aims “to eliminate terrorist and violent extremist content online”?
*What can or should be done about content on platforms such as, for instance, 4chan, 8Chan and the dark net?
*What challenges (legal, social, political, technological) arise in seeking to align off-line and on-line regulation and control of hate-speech?
Research, both quantitative and qualitative, from a range of disciplinary vantage points is welcomed. Papers that focus on specific terrorist events—such as the Christchurch shootings, or Andreas Breivik’s 2011 attacks in Norway—are also welcomed.
Editors
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Prof Mike Grimshaw
Associate Professor, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Articles (10 in this collection)
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Monitoring event-driven dynamics on Twitter: a case study in Belarus
Authors (first, second and last of 11)
- Natalie M. Rice
- Benjamin D. Horne
- R. Alexander Bentley
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 08 April 2022
- Article: 36
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Research trends in cybercrime victimization during 2010–2020: a bibliometric analysis
Authors
- Huong Thi Ngoc Ho
- Hai Thanh Luong
- Content type: Review Paper
- Published: 06 January 2022
- Article: 4
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Dehumanisation of ‘Outgroups’ on Facebook and Twitter: towards a framework for assessing online hate organisations and actors
Authors
- Mohamad Abdalla
- Mustafa Ally
- Rita Jabri-Markwell
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 22 September 2021
- Article: 238
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Whose agenda is it anyway: an exploration of cancel culture and political affiliation in the United States
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Christine L. Cook
- Aashka Patel
- Donghee Yvette Wohn
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 22 September 2021
- Article: 237
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Hate versus politics: detection of hate against policy makers in Italian tweets
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Armend Duzha
- Cristiano Casadei
- Fabio Celli
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 20 August 2021
- Article: 223
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Toxic language in online incel communities
Authors (first, second and last of 4)
- Björn Pelzer
- Lisa Kaati
- Johan Fernquist
- Content type: Original Paper
- Open Access
- Published: 09 August 2021
- Article: 213
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Political marketing and social media influence on young voters in Ghana
Authors
- Justice Boateng Dankwah
- Kobby Mensah
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 26 May 2021
- Article: 152
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Cyber blame and social theory
Authors
- Barbara Hanson
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 06 May 2021
- Article: 178
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The Christchurch Call: insecurity, democracy and digital media - can it really counter online hate and extremism?
Authors
- William James Hoverd
- Leon Salter
- Kevin Veale
- Content type: Original Paper
- Published: 09 November 2020
- Article: 2