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DEVIANT BEHAVIOR
Volume 42, Issue 9, Pages 1100-1111Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2020.1722337
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- Institute for Society Culture and Environment at Virginia Tech under The ISCE Scholars Grant Program
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This paper examines the commonalities and differences in online hate speech content, exposure, and emotional reactions across six countries. The majority of respondents were exposed to online hate within the previous 3 months, with most reporting feeling angry, sad, or ashamed. Unique national cultures of hate speech and emotional reactions were also identified, highlighting the potential dangers and links to offline violence.
This paper examines cross-national commonalities and differences in online hate speech content, exposure, and emotional reaction. Using online surveys from 18 to 25-year-old respondents in six countries, we find a majority of respondents were exposed to online hate in the preceding 3 months. Commonalities across countries are the platform where the respondents were exposed and how they arrived at such content. Unique national cultures of hate speech also exist, including the common targets and respondents' emotional reactions. A majority of respondents report feeling angry, sad, or ashamed, but most worrisome may be the substantial numbers who report feelings of hatred or pride after seeing online hate. Given the potential for repeated exposure and the recent increase in hate crimes in the US. and Europe, this finding should serve as a reminder of the dangers of online hate and its potential link to offline violence.
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