Shakuntala Banaji, Ramnath Bhat

Social Media and Hate

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Using expert interviews and focus groups, this book investigates the theoretical and practical intersection of misinformation and social media hate in contemporary societies.

Produktdetails

• Routledge Focus on Communication and Society
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 142
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 298g
• ISBN-13: 9780367537272
• ISBN-10: 0367537273
• Artikelnr.: 62800572

Autorenporträt

Shakuntala Banaji is Professor of Media, Culture and Social Change in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Ramnath Bhat is postdoctoral fellow at the International Centre for Advanced Studies in New Delhi and visiting fellow in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. When hate-speech policies and procedures fail: the case of the Rohingya in Myanmar
3. Brazil colonisation
violent 'othering' and contemporary online hate
4. Social media
violence and hierarchies of hate in India
5. White male rage online: Intersectional genealogies of hate in the UK
6. Conclusion

Rezensionen

"Banaji and Bhat's Social Media and Hate is a timely and insightful exploration of the intersection of misinformation and social media hate in contemporary societies. Overall, the book is a comprehensive and thought-provoking analysis of the complex relationship between social media and hate speech and will be of interest to scholars, policymakers and activists alike."

- Deshdeep Dhankhar, Policy Fellow at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, LSE Review of Books