Cyberhate in the Context of Migrations

235 Pages·2022·5.178 MB·English

by  Angeliki Monnier, Axel Boursier, Annabelle Seoane

POSTDISCIPLINARY STUDIES IN DISCOURSE
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Cyberhate in the
Context of Migrations
Edited by
Angeliki Monnier
Axel Boursier
Annabelle Seoane
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Angeliki Monnier Axel Boursier
Annabelle Seoane
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Cyberhate
in the Context
of Migrations
Editors
Angeliki Monnier Axel Boursier
Department Department of Human Sciences
of Information-Communication CY Cergy Paris Université
Université de Lorraine Cergy-Pontoise, France
Metz, France
Annabelle Seoane
Department of Language Sciences
Université de Lorraine
Metz, France
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Contents
1 Anti-Migrant Hate Speech as a Symptom
of a Representation Crisis 1
Angeliki Monnier, Axel Boursier, and Annabelle Seoane
Part I The Representation Crisis: Wicked Migrants,
Malevolent Elites
2 Online Hate Speech in the UK and Poland:
A Case-Study of Online Reactions to the Killing
of Arkadiusz Józ´wik 21
Katerina Strani and Anna Szczepaniak-Kozak
3 Discrediting the Other, Building In-Group Bonds:
An Analysis of French and Italian User-Generated
Hate Contents 63
Laura Ascone
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4 “Everything Goes Against the German Here!”
Self-Victimising Discourse in Comments
on Migration-Related Posts on the Alternative
für Deutschland Facebook Page 83
Melani Schröter
5 Immigration Statistics in French Online Comment
Boards: Mistrust Discourse, Anti-migrant Hate Speech 115
Nadia Makouar
Part II The Cyberspace of Cyberhate: Features,
Mechanisms, Dynamics
6 Insults,Criminalisation,andCallsforViolence:Forms
of Hate Speech and Offensive Language in German
User Comments on Immigration 137
Sünje Paasch-Colberg, JoachimTrebbe, Christian Strippel,
and Martin Emmer
7 The Joint Construction of Hate Speech in Online
Discussions 165
Emmi Lahti
8 Social Network Conversations with Young Authors
of Online Hate Speech Against Migrants 187
Stefano Pasta
9 Hate Speech, Fake News and Content Regulation
on Social Networks in Europe 215
Romain Badouard
Index 231
Notes on Contributors
Laura Ascone Technical University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Romain Badouard Paris II Panthéon-Assas University, Paris, France
Axel Boursier CY Cergy Paris Université, Cergy-Pontoise, France
Martin Emmer Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany;
Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, Berlin, Germany
Emmi Lahti University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Nadia Makouar Aston University, Birmingham, UK
Angeliki Monnier Université de Lorraine, Centre for Research on
Mediations (CREM), Metz, France
Stefano Pasta Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Milan, Italy
Sünje Paasch-Colberg Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany;
GermanCentreforIntegrationandMigrationResearch,DeZIM,Berlin,
Germany
Melani Schröter University of Reading, Reading, UK
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Annabelle Seoane Université de Lorraine, Centre for Research on
Mediations (CREM), Metz, France
Katerina Strani Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, UK
Christian Strippel Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany;
Weizenbaum Institute for the Networked Society, Berlin, Germany
Anna Szczepaniak-Kozak Adam Mickiewicz University, Poznan´,
Poland
JoachimTrebbe Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
List of Figures
Fig. 2.1 Keywords in the Polish corpus 32
Fig. 2.2 Word sketch analysis for the word benefit in PL corpus 33
Fig. 2.3 Word sketch analysis for the word polak in PL corpus 34
Fig. 2.4 Word sketch analysis for the word Polak in PL corpus 35
Fig. 2.5 Word sketch analysis for the word angielski in PL corpus 36
Fig. 2.6 Word sketch analysis for the word angol in PL corpus 37
Fig. 2.7 Word sketch analysis for the word praca in PL corpus 38
Fig. 2.8 Keyword analysis for UK focus corpus 38
Fig. 2.9 Word sketch analysis for the word Brexit in UK corpus 39
Fig. 2.10 Word sketch analysis for the word Polish in UK corpus 40
Fig. 2.11 Word sketch analysis for the word yob in UK corpus 41
Fig. 3.1 Analysis of similarities—Italian corpus 68
Fig. 3.2 Analysis of similarities—French corpus 69
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