Us and them: identifying cyber hate on Twitter across multiple protected characteristics [PDF]
, 2016 Hateful and antagonistic content published and propagated via the World Wide Web has the potential to cause harm and suffering on an individual basis, and lead to social tension and disorder beyond cyber space.
Burnap, Peter +1 more
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Social networks and women’s mobilization in Tunisia [PDF]
, 2012 After the fall of Ben Ali’s regime, fears were growing as various religious parties have decided to run in the elections to the Constituent Assembly of October 23th, 2011.
Touati, Zeineb, Zlitni, Sami
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Understanding the Legal Landscape of Discrimination Against Muslim Students in Public Elementary and Secondary Schools: A Guide for Lawyers [PDF]
, 2017 Intermediary organisations constructed as a link between public service providers and business entrepreneurs is a phenomena which we know very little of.
Hossain, Shajuti
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Tackling Social Media Abuse? Critically Assessing English Football’s Response to Online Racism [PDF]
, 2017 Although English football has, to some extent, managed the problem of racism in and around football matches, recent years have seen an increase in football-related racist content published on social media. Footballers are frequently the target or subject
Kilvington, DJ, Price, J
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Mobilizing the Trump Train: Understanding Collective Action in a Political Trolling Community
, 2018 Political trolls initiate online discord not only for the lulz (laughs) but also for ideological reasons, such as promoting their desired political candidates.
Flores-Saviaga, Claudia +2 more
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Group identity, empathy and shared suffering: understanding the “community” impacts of anti-LGBT and Islamophobic hate crimes [PDF]
, 2018 This article examines the indirect impacts of hate crimes on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender and Muslim communities in the United Kingdom. Based on 34 qualitative interviews, we explore both the perceived meaning of ‘community’ in the context of ...
Brown, Rupert +3 more
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The new face of digital populism [PDF]
, 2011 Populist parties and movements are now a force to be reckoned with in many Western European countries. These groups are known for their opposition to immigration, their ‘anti-establishment’ views and their concern for protecting national culture.
Bartlett, Jamie +2 more
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Argumentum ad misericordiam - the critical intimacies of victimhood [PDF]
, 2016 This article discusses the widespread use of victim tropes in contemporary Anglo-American culture by using cultural theory to analyse key social media memes circulating on Facebook in 2015.
Adorno Theodore +31 more
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Solidarity, Social Media, and the “Refugee Crisis”: Engagement Beyond Affect [PDF]
, 2019 The images of Alan Kurdi, a three-year-old who drowned in the Aegean Sea in 2015, and Omran Daqneesh, a five-year-old covered in dust and blood waiting shell-shocked in the back of an ambulance in 2016, both symbolize the horror and suffering endured by ...
Aouragh, M. +3 more
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Dismembered Bodies of Color: U.S. Imperialisms in the Pulse [PDF]
, 2019 Yazan Za3za3 critically contrasts the discursive responses to the 2016 Orlando Pulse shooting with their structural counterparts. They argue that under the mainstream veil of mourning and victimization of Black, Puerto Rican, and (queer) Muslim people ...
Za3za3, Yazan
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