Online hate speech in the European Union : a discourse-analytic perspective
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Title (Dublin Core)
Online hate speech in the European Union : a discourse-analytic perspective
Creator (Dublin Core)
Assimakopoulos, Stavros
Baider, Fabienne H.
Millar, Sharon
Date (Dublin Core)
2017
Publisher (Dublin Core)
Springer
Description (Dublin Core)
This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license and reports on research carried out as part of the European Union co-funded C.O.N.T.A.C.T. project which targeted hate speech and hate crime across a number of EU member states. It showcases the bearing that discourse analytic research can have on our understanding of this phenomenon that is a growing global cause for concern.
Although ‘hate speech’ is often incorporated in legal and policy documents, there is no universally accepted definition, which in itself warrants research into how hatred is both expressed and perceived. The research project synthesises discourse analytic and corpus linguistics techniques, and presents its key findings here. The focus is especially on online comments posted in reaction to news items that could trigger discrimination, as well as on the folk perception of online hate speech as revealed through semi-structured interviews with young individuals across the various partner countries.
Although ‘hate speech’ is often incorporated in legal and policy documents, there is no universally accepted definition, which in itself warrants research into how hatred is both expressed and perceived. The research project synthesises discourse analytic and corpus linguistics techniques, and presents its key findings here. The focus is especially on online comments posted in reaction to news items that could trigger discrimination, as well as on the folk perception of online hate speech as revealed through semi-structured interviews with young individuals across the various partner countries.
Subject (Dublin Core)
Online hate speech -- European Union countries
Online hate speech
Europe -- European Union countries
Language (Dublin Core)
English
isbn (Bibliographic Ontology)
978-3-319-72604-5
978-3-319-72603-8
