Where do angry birds tweet? Income inequality and online hate in Italy
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12914036 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daria Denti (0000-0001-7562-3788, Gran Sasso Science Institute, corresponding author), Alessandra Faggian (0000-0002-2479-2933, Gran Sasso Science Institute) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 483-506 |
| Publication date | 2021-07-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Cambridge Journal of Regions Economy and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1752-1386 • E-ISSN: 1752-1378 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/cjres/rsab016 |
| OpenAlex | W3201062174 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 75 |
Do spatial socioeconomic features influence a digital behaviour like cyberhate? Our contribution provides an answer to this question, showing how high levels of income inequality determine high volumes of hate tweets in Italy. Our findings are robust to potential endogeneity problems of income inequality, as well as to the inclusion of confounding factors and to competing estimation strategies. Additionally, we find that education does not act as a protective factor against cyberhate in unequal places, aligning with existing evidence showing that inequality may trigger intolerance, including among educated people, threatening the perceived stability of social positions. Also, in the Italian case, the perception of economic insecurity fuels cyberhate, alongside the transmission of self-interest values along family generations. The latter finding relates to existing evidence supporting the role of persistent social norms in shaping people’s attitudes
Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economic inequality · Economics · Endogeneity · Inequality · Perception · Population · Social inequality · Socioeconomic status · Sociology · Media Influence and Politics · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Media and Politics · Demography · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 9 |
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| Citations per year | 1,8 |
| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |