Online Hate and Harmful Content: Cross-National Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9780367876968 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 144 str.

Teo Keipi; Matti Nasi; Atte Oksanen

Opis

The key focus in Online Hate and Harmful Content is to examine the role of potentially harmful online content, particularly among young people. This focus is explored through two objectives: firstly, to examine the commonality of online hate through cross-national survey statistics whilst also discussing the different implications of onli

Spis treści

1. Evolving social media  2. Social media and identity  3. Lifestyle and online risks  4. The rise of online hate  5. Impacts of online hate  6. Harm-advocating content online  7. Social spheres of online hate  8. Transformation of social networks and interactions

O autorze

Pekka Räsänen, Dr. Soc.Sc., is Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Turku, Finland. He has published widely on research methods, mass violence, culture, and consumer behavior. His current research focuses on the social disparities associated with the new information and communication technologies.

Atte Oksanen, Dr. Soc. Sci., is professor of social psychology at the
University of Tampere, Finland. His research focuses on emerging
technologies and social interaction. He has published in a variety of
areas including youth studies, drug and alcohol research and
criminology.

Teo Keipi, Dr. Soc. Sc. Is a post-doctoral researcher of Economic Sociology at the University of Turku, Finland. His current research focuses on online hate content production and exposure. He has published on issues of identity dynamics, victimization, deviance and structural mechanisms of the online setting.

Matti Näsi (Dr. Soc. Sc.) is a Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Criminology and Legal Policy at University of Helsinki, Finland. His research focuses on the impacts of information and communication technologies on society and social life, with current emphasis on implications concerning harmful online content.