Online hate and harmful content : cross-national perspectives /
Over the past few decades, various types of hate material have caused increasing concern. Today, the scope of hate is wider than ever, as easy and often-anonymous access to an enormous amount of online content has opened the Internet up to both use and abuse. By providing possibilities for inexpensi...
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| Main Authors: | , , , |
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2017.
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| Series: | Routledge advances in sociology ;
200. |
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| Online Access: | CONNECT CONNECT CONNECT |
| Summary: | Over the past few decades, various types of hate material have caused increasing concern. Today, the scope of hate is wider than ever, as easy and often-anonymous access to an enormous amount of online content has opened the Internet up to both use and abuse. By providing possibilities for inexpensive and instantaneous access without ties to geographic location or a user identification system, the Internet has permitted hate groups and individuals espousing hate to transmit their ideas to a worldwide audience. Online Hate and Harmful Content focuses on the role of potentially harmful online content, particularly among young people. This focus is explored through two approaches: firstly, the commonality of online hate through cross-national survey statistics. This includes a discussion of the various implications of online hate for young people in terms of, for example, subjective wellbeing, trust, self-image and social relationships. Secondly, the book examines theoretical frameworks from the fields of sociology, social psychology and criminology that are useful for understanding online behaviour and online victimisation. Limitations of past theory are assessed and complemented with a novel theoretical model linking past work to the online environment as it exists today. An important and timely volume in this ever-changing digital age, this book is suitable for graduates and undergraduates interested in the fields of Internet and new media studies, social psychology and criminology. The analyses and findings of the book are also particularly relevant to practitioners and policy-makers working in the areas of Internet regulation, crime prevention, child protection and social work/youth work. |
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| Item Description: | OAPEN Library EBSCO eBook Open Access (OA) Collection Taylor & Francis eBooks: Open Access |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 143 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781317240846 1317240847 9781315628370 1315628376 0367876965 9780367876968 1317240839 9781317240839 |
