Viral Hate

Author : Abraham H. Foxman,Christopher Wolf
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781137356222

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Viral Hate by Abraham H. Foxman,Christopher Wolf Pdf

Emboldened by anonymity, individuals and organizations from both left and right are freely spewing hateful vitriol on the Internet without worrying about repercussions.Lies, bullying, conspiracy theories, bigoted and racist rants, and calls for violence targeting the most vulnerable circulate openly on the web.And thanks to the guarantees of the First Amendment and the borderless nature of the Internet,governing bodies are largely helpless to control this massive assault on human dignity and safety. Abe Foxman and Christopher Wolf expose the threat that this unregulated flow of bigotry poses to the world.They explore how social media companies like Facebook and YouTube, as well as search engine giant Google, are struggling to reconcile the demands of business with freedom of speech and the disturbing threat posed by today's purveyors of hate. And they explain the best tools available to citizens, parents, educators, law enforcement officers, and policy makers toprotect thetwin values of transparency and responsibility. As Foxman and Wolf show, only an aroused and engaged citizenry can stop the hate contagion before it spirals out of control - with potentially disastrous results.

Author : Long T. Bui
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2024-06-07
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781040047712

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Viral World by Long T. Bui Pdf

This book argues that the catastrophe of COVID-19 provided a momentous time for groups, institutions, and states to reassess their worldviews and relationship to the entire world. Following multiple case studies across dozens of countries throughout the course of the pandemic, this book is a timely contribution to cultural knowledge about the pandemic and the viral politics at the heart of it. Mapping the various forms of global consciousness and connectivity engendered by the crisis, the book offers the framework of "viral worlding," defined as viral forms of relationality, becoming, and communication. It demonstrates how worlding or world-making processes accelerated with the novel coronavirus. New emergent forms of being global "went viral" to address conditions of inequality as well as forge possibilities for societal transformation. Considering the tumult wrought by the pandemic, Bui analyzes progressive movements for democracy, abolition, feminism, environmentalism, and socialism against the world-shattering forces of capitalism, authoritarianism, racism, and militarism. Focusing on ways the pandemic disproportionately impacted marginalized communities, particularly in the Global South, this book juxtaposes the closing of their lifeworlds and social worlds by hegemonic global actors with increased collective demands for freedom, mobility, and justice by vulnerable people. The breadth and depth of the book thus provides students, scholars, and general readers with critical insights to understanding the world(s) of COVID-19 and collective efforts to build better new ones.

Author : Avery Elizabeth Hurt
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2017-12-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781508178507

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Coping with Hate and Intolerance by Avery Elizabeth Hurt Pdf

In recent years, hate incidents, whether based on race, gender, sexual orientation, nation of origin, or any other perceived difference, have become increasingly common in schools. Students who aren't the victims of hate and intolerance are almost certain to witness it. This unstinting but ultimately optimistic book defines hate and intolerance, explores the reasons some people express hate toward others, and gives readers a blueprint for recognizing and deflecting hate with nonviolence and kindness. Ten questions for an expert, myths and facts about intolerance, and thought-provoking sidebars round out this timely volume.

Author : Imran Awan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317112068

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Islamophobia in Cyberspace by Imran Awan Pdf

Cyber hate can take many different forms from online material which can lead to actual offline abuse and violence, cyber violence; cyber stalking, and online harassment with the use of visual images, videos, chat rooms, text and social media which are intended to cause harm. This book examines the case for current guidelines dealing with online anti-Muslim abuse and concludes that we require a new understanding of this online behaviour and the impact it can have on vulnerable communities. It is unique as it focuses on new technology in the form of social media and the Internet and explores the challenges the police and other agencies face when confronting anti-Muslim abuse in cyberspace. It also provides a critique of how people are targeted by online offenders and helps us understand online anti-Muslim behaviour in a much more detailed and comprehensive way by bringing together a range of experts who will examine this phenomenon and critically discuss why they think it has become so much more prevalent than it was before.

Author : Teo Keipi,Matti Näsi,Atte Oksanen,Pekka Räsänen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781317240839

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Online Hate and Harmful Content by Teo Keipi,Matti Näsi,Atte Oksanen,Pekka Räsänen Pdf

Over the past few decades, various types of hate material have caused increasing concern. Today, the scope of hate is wider than ever, as easy and often-anonymous access to an enormous amount of online content has opened the Internet up to both use and abuse. By providing possibilities for inexpensive and instantaneous access without ties to geographic location or a user identification system, the Internet has permitted hate groups and individuals espousing hate to transmit their ideas to a worldwide audience. Online Hate and Harmful Content focuses on the role of potentially harmful online content, particularly among young people. This focus is explored through two approaches: firstly, the commonality of online hate through cross-national survey statistics. This includes a discussion of the various implications of online hate for young people in terms of, for example, subjective wellbeing, trust, self-image and social relationships. Secondly, the book examines theoretical frameworks from the fields of sociology, social psychology and criminology that are useful for understanding online behaviour and online victimisation. Limitations of past theory are assessed and complemented with a novel theoretical model linking past work to the online environment as it exists today. An important and timely volume in this ever-changing digital age, this book is suitable for graduates and undergraduates interested in the fields of Internet and new media studies, social psychology and criminology. The analyses and findings of the book are also particularly relevant to practitioners and policy-makers working in the areas of Internet regulation, crime prevention, child protection and social work/youth work.

Author : Mona Elbahtimy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2021-10-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108837569

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The Right to Protection from Incitement to Hatred by Mona Elbahtimy Pdf

Provides an explanatory framework for the challenges facing the development of the international norm prohibiting hate speech.

Author : Gagliardone, Iginio,Gal, Danit,Alves, Thiago,Martinez, Gabriela
Publisher : UNESCO Publishing
Page : 73 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789231001055

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Countering online hate speech by Gagliardone, Iginio,Gal, Danit,Alves, Thiago,Martinez, Gabriela Pdf

The opportunities afforded by the Internet greatly overshadow the challenges. While not forgetting this, we can nevertheless still address some of the problems that arise. Hate speech online is one such problem. But what exactly is hate speech online, and how can we deal with it effectively? As with freedom of expression, on- or offline, UNESCO defends the position that the free flow of information should always be the norm. Counter-speech is generally preferable to suppression of speech. And any response that limits speech needs to be very carefully weighed to ensure that this remains wholly exceptional, and that legitimate robust debate is not curtailed.

Author : Brian Martin
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 361 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2015-04-23
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789188061034

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Nonviolence Unbound by Brian Martin Pdf

methods of nonviolent action can be used to bring down dictators. Nonviolence Unbound shows how insights into what makes nonviolent action eff ective can be applied to four completely diff erent arenas: defending against verbal abuse, responding to online defamatory pictures, and engaging in the struggles over euthanasia and vaccination. This investigation shows how to analyse options for opposing injustice.

Author : Laura Bates
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
Page : 237 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781728236254

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Men Who Hate Women by Laura Bates Pdf

The first comprehensive undercover look at the terrorist movement no one is talking about. Men Who Hate Women examines the rise of secretive extremist communities who despise women and traces the roots of misogyny across a complex spider web of groups. It includes eye-opening interviews with former members of these communities, the academics studying this movement, and the men fighting back. Women's rights activist Laura Bates wrote this book as someone who has been the target of many hate-fueled misogynistic attacks online. At first, the vitriol seemed to be the work of a small handful of individual men... but over time, the volume and consistency of the attacks hinted at something bigger and more ominous. As Bates went undercover into the corners of the internet, she found an unseen, organized movement of thousands of anonymous men wishing violence (and worse) upon women. In the book, Bates explores: Extreme communities like incels, pick-up artists, MGTOW, Men's Rights Activists and more The hateful, toxic rhetoric used by these groups How this movement connects to other extremist movements like white supremacy How young boys are targeted and slowly drawn in Where this ideology shows up in our everyday lives in mainstream media, our playgrounds, and our government By turns fascinating and horrifying, Men Who Hate Women is a broad, unflinching account of the deep current of loathing toward women and anti-feminism that underpins our society and is a must-read for parents, educators, and anyone who believes in equality for women. Praise for Men Who Hate Women: "Laura Bates is showing us the path to both intimate and global survival."—Gloria Steinem "Well-researched and meticulously documented, Bates's book on the power and danger of masculinity should be required reading for us all."—Library Journal "Men Who Hate Women has the power to spark social change."—Sunday Times

Author : Zlatan Meškić,Ivana Kunda,Dušan V. Popović,Enis Omerović
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2021-07-05
Category : Law
ISBN : 9783030652951

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Balkan Yearbook of European and International Law 2020 by Zlatan Meškić,Ivana Kunda,Dušan V. Popović,Enis Omerović Pdf

The second volume of the Balkan Yearbook of European and International Law (BYEIL) focuses on the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG), which was signed 40 years ago. The contributions analyse a broad range of aspects and reflect the latest developments; those in the permanent sections on European Law and International Law explore contemporary challenges in public and private law disciplines, offering fresh new perspectives on established concepts.

Author : Stefanie Ullmann,Marcus Tomalin
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781003817406

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Counterspeech by Stefanie Ullmann,Marcus Tomalin Pdf

This volume looks at the forms and functions of counterspeech as well as what determines its effectiveness and success from multidisciplinary perspectives. Counterspeech is in line with international human rights and freedom of speech, and it can be a much more powerful tool against dangerous and toxic speech than blocking and censorship. In the face of online hate speech and disinformation, counterspeech is a tremendously important and timely topic. The book uniquely brings together expertise from a variety of disciplines. It explores linguistic, ethical and legal aspects of counterspeech, looks at the functions and effectiveness of counterspeech from anthropological, practical and sociological perspectives and addresses the question of how we can use modern technological advances to make counterspeech a more instantaneous and efficient option to respond to harmful language online. The greatest benefit of counterspeech lies in the ability to reach bystanders and prevent them from becoming perpetrators themselves. This volume is an excellent opportunity to spread the word about counterspeech, its potential, importance, and future endeavors. This anthology is a great resource for scholars and students of linguistics, philosophy of language, media and communication studies, digital humanities, natural language processing, international human rights law, anthropology and sociology, and interdisciplinary research methods. It is also a valuable source of information for practitioners and anyone who wants to speak up against harmful speech.

Author : Raphael Cohen-Almagor
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 407 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-06-30
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781107105591

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Confronting the Internet's Dark Side by Raphael Cohen-Almagor Pdf

This book outlines social and moral guidelines to combat violent, hateful, and illegal activity on the Internet.

Author : Matthew Evans,Lesley Jeffries,Jim O'Driscoll
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2019-05-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780429603556

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The Routledge Handbook of Language in Conflict by Matthew Evans,Lesley Jeffries,Jim O'Driscoll Pdf

The Routledge Handbook of Language in Conflict presents a range of linguistic approaches as a means for examining the nature of communication related to conflict. Divided into four sections, the Handbook critically examines text, interaction, languages and applications of linguistics in situations of conflict. Spanning 30 chapters by a variety of international scholars, this Handbook: includes real-life case studies of conflict and covers conflicts from a wide range of geographical locations at every scale of involvement (from the personal to the international), of every timespan (from the fleeting to the decades-long) and of varying levels of intensity (from the barely articulated to the overtly hostile) sets out the textual and interactional ways in which conflict is engendered and in which people and groups of people can be set against each other considers what linguistic research has brought, and can bring, to the universal aim of minimising the negative effects of outbreaks of conflict wherever and whenever they occur. The Routledge Handbook of Language in Conflict is an essential reference book for students and researchers of language and communication, linguistics, peace studies, international relations and conflict studies.

Author : Allison Krumsiek
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781534561533

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Cyber Mobs by Allison Krumsiek Pdf

The Internet has made it easier than ever for people to connect, but their interactions are not always friendly. Any perceived fault can cause someone to be attacked by a cyber mob—a group of people intent on humiliating someone online. Relatable text addresses this relatively new phenomenon, giving readers information about the rise of cyber mobs, the social and psychological effects on their victims, and ways to combat them. Engaging sidebars provide examples of cyber mob attacks, and a list of resources is provided for anyone who may be experiencing online bullying.

Author : Harvard Law Review
Publisher : Quid Pro Books
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781610277785

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Harvard Law Review: Volume 131, Number 6 - April 2018 by Harvard Law Review Pdf