Overview
- Offers unique insights on online hate speech by combining discourse analytic and corpus linguistics methods
- Presents the findings from the EU co-funded C.O.N.T.A.C.T. research project, targeting hate speech and hate crime across a number of EU member states
- Focuses on online reactions to news items and reveals the folk perception of online hate speech
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: SpringerBriefs in Linguistics (SBIL)
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This open access book 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.
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Book Title: Online Hate Speech in the European Union
Book Subtitle: A Discourse-Analytic Perspective
Authors: Stavros Assimakopoulos, Fabienne H. Baider, Sharon Millar
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Linguistics
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72604-5
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-72603-8Published: 10 January 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-72604-5Published: 20 December 2017
Series ISSN: 2197-0009
Series E-ISSN: 2197-0017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 90
Topics: Discourse Analysis, Corpus Linguistics, Social Media, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights