Manufacturing Hate 4.0

Can Media Studies Rise to the Challenge

Bibliographic Data

ID12756374
AuthorsSun Sun Lim (0000-0002-7944-3116, Singapore University of Technology and Design, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume21
Issue6
Pages602-607
Publication date2020-07-26
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueTelevision & New Media (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1527-4764 • E-ISSN: 1552-8316
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/1527476420918825
OpenAlexW3045997711
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited8

This article reflects on the growing scourge of hate speech and its propagation via digital social media networks. It discusses how media studies has drawn attention to salient aspects of online hate speech including technological affordances, communication tactics, representational tropes, and audience response. It argues that insights from media studies are vital for unpacking the societal impact of the media and indeed for tackling a destructive force such as online hate speech. It further encourages media studies scholars to engage vigorously with colleagues in and across other disciplines to forge interdisciplinary research collaborations to address pressing societal issues. It urges media studies scholars to connect with the realms of industry, policy making, and civic society to ensure that the public discourse on the challenges of digitalization and mediatization is academically informed, evidence-based, and finely balanced

Affordance · Digital media · Mainstream · Media studies · New media · Political science · Public relations · Salient · Social media · Sociology · Unpacking · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Psychology · Social Media and Politics

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