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Record Nr.

UNINA9910265126703321

Autore

Assimakopoulos Stavros

Titolo

Online Hate Speech in the European Union [[electronic resource] ] : A Discourse-Analytic Perspective / / by Stavros Assimakopoulos, Fabienne H. Baider, Sharon Millar

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-72604-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VIII, 90 p.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Linguistics, , 2197-0009

Disciplina

401.41

Soggetti

Discourse analysis

Corpora (Linguistics)

Social media

Social justice

Human rights

Discourse Analysis

Corpus Linguistics

Social Media

Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1: Introduction And Background -- Chapter 2: Analysing Online Comments To News Reports -- Chapter 3: Approximating Young People’s Perception Of Hate Speech -- Chapter 4: Concluding Remarks.

Sommario/riassunto

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.