Online hate speech on social media in Portugal

Extremism or Structural Racism

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ID2992812
AuthorsPedro Almeida (0000-0001-5878-3317, University Institute of Lisbon, corresponding author), Janainna Pereira (0000-0003-1014-8247, University Institute of Lisbon), Diego Candido (0000-0001-5602-3824, University Institute of Lisbon)
Year2023
Volume29
Issue5
Pages419-435
Publication date2023-09-03
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Identities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-4630 • E-ISSN: 1363-0296
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13504630.2024.2324277
OpenAlexW4392356105
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited27

This paper analyses online racial hate speeches in Portugal. The theory underpinning this research challenges the idea that racism is an epiphenomenon in European and Portuguese history. Beginning with a theoretical framework which conceives racism as a historically constructed system of power and privilege, we argue that its structural nature paved the way for the consolidation and normalisation of openly racist discourses. Moreover, this paper demonstrates that the nature of racist narratives can only be understood from a theoretical conceptualisation which problematises the Portuguese colonial past and its current continuities.In this research, a critical analysis of discourses produced and reproduced on social media, namely Facebook and Twitter, was carried out. From a comparative analysis of the periods before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea that this health crisis coincided with a shift of the dominant racist narratives is thus challenged

Anti-racism · Epiphenomenon · Epistemology · Linguistics · Narrative · Political science · Portuguese · Racism · Sociology · Gender Studies · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Populism, Right-Wing Movements · Social Media and Politics

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