Online Hate Speech and the Safety of Internet Users

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (31) ◽  
pp. 139-159
Author(s):  
Barbara Kaczmarczyk ◽  
Marlena Dąbrowska ◽  
Piotr Szczepański ◽  
Izabela Nowicka
Keyword(s):  
Public Space ◽  
Police Officers ◽  
Core Curriculum ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Empirical Methods ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Trained Teacher ◽  
Polish Language ◽  
The Media

Background: Hate speech is a very important problem nowadays. One can meet it in one’s immediate surroundings (conversations with friends), the media, the Internet, or in the so-called public space (for example, inscriptions on the walls). One form of hate speech is online hate speech, which, together with certain other phenomena, is referred to as hejt in the Polish language. The authors of the article focus on presenting online hate speech in relation to various age and social groups. Objectives: The aim of the article is to present the phenomenon of hate speech on the web and its impact on the safety of Internet users. Methods: The article uses basic theoretical and empirical methods. Content published on the Internet is analyzed and case studies are described. Interviews with experts (psychologists, police officers, sociologists, media and hate speech specialists) were also conducted and their views are presented. Conclusions: In the discussion about hate speech, prevention is extremely important. According to the authors, broad prevention consisting of professionally prepared content, enriched with film materials, presented by an expert or a trained teacher, should be included in the core curriculum of schools as one of the mandatory issues raised during the lessons.

Epilogue

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna D. Jaroszyńska-Kirchmann
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Public Sphere ◽  
The United States ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Formal Schooling ◽  
The Public ◽  
Polish Language ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Public Sphere ◽  
The Impact

This epilogue comments on the changes within the Polish American community and the Polish-language press during the most recent decades, including the impact of the Internet and social media on the practice of letter-writing. It also poses questions about the legacy and memory of Paryski in Toledo, Ohio, and in Polonia scholarship. Paryski's life and career were based on his intelligence, determination, and energy. He believed that Poles in the United States, as in Poland, must benefit from education, and that education was not necessarily the same as formal schooling. Anybody could embark on the path to self-improvement if they read and wrote. Long before the Internet changed the way we communicate, Paryski and other ethnic editors effectively adopted and practiced the concept of debate within the public sphere in the media. Ameryka-Echo's “Corner for Everybody” was an embodiment of this concept and allowed all to express themselves in their own language and to write what was on their minds.

scholarly journals ACTUAL PROBLEMS OF COMBATING DRUG TRAFFICKING USING THE INTERNET AND WAYS TO SOLVE THEM

2020 ◽  
pp. 32-35
Author(s):  
V.V. Starchenko
Keyword(s):  
Drug Trafficking ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Significant Delay ◽  
Internet Technologies ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Electronic Technologies ◽  
Potential Customers

The relevance of the issue of combating drug trafficking did not begin to decline with the development ofthe Internet and electronic technologies; it would seem that new means of controlling and combating crimeappear. But as it turns out, all new tools appear with a significant delay as a reaction to the development ofmethods of committing a crime. The criminal world is not asleep and is always in search of new means ofcommitting a crime, the development of Internet technologies and the anonymity of Internet users renderconsiderable assistance to this for the criminal community. The openness of our modern society, in termsof the impact on culture and youth, of Western trends, such as the legalization of certain drugs and theirsanctification in the media, creates new consumers and potential customers for criminals organizing drugtrafficking. Which together gives disappointing forecasts, even on the moral development of modern youth.This article describes the current problems of combating drug trafficking using the Internet, the problemof the development of crime in the field of drug trafficking; the statistics of crimes committed in the AltaiTerritory is investigated; suggested ways to solve these problems.

scholarly journals Zarządzanie mediami społecznościowymi w kontekście realizacji projektów społecznych skierowanych przeciw mowie nienawiści na przykładzie projektu Grażyna Żarko. Katolicki głos w Internecie

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Anna Lusińska
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Common Good ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Common Interest ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Media Content Analysis ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Common ◽  
Research Questions

Social media management in the context of social projects against hate speech on the example of the project Grażyna Żarko. Catholic voice on the Internet Argument/objective: In view of the growing negative phenomenon of hate speech in the social media, targeted informational and educational activities in the public sphere seem important and necessary, for the common good and in the common interest, as a reminder of respect for the other person and respect for his or her rights. The aim of the article is to identify and analyse the selected project in terms of the occurrence, spread and scale of the hate speech phenomenon in social media and to try to evaluate this type of communication. Research methods, research questions: The text uses methods such as case study, desk research and media content analysis. The following research questions were posed: how does the broadly understood civil society, and in principle its representatives, try to oppose hate speech? For what purpose are social projects against hate speech created and implemented? Do social projects against hate speech show the scale of this phenomenon, its horror and immorality? What image of Poles, including Polish Internet users (and in the case of a selected YouTube project) emerges from them? and how do they exchange views on the subject and what conclusions do they draw from this? Results and conclusions: Research has shown that when modern society, which is largely civic, starts to rebel against injustice, lack of respect for others, or socially unacceptable behaviour, including hate speech, it reaches for tools of opposition, among others. Projects such as these are born in this way: Incubator of Ideas, #StopMowieNienawiści, or the title one, analysed: Grażyna Żarko. Catholic Voice on the Internet. This non-commercial, over two months long project, and at the same time a media, Internet provocation carried out in the form of a Polish vlog, showed not only the enormous scale of the problem of “verbal violence”of Polish Internet users on the example of YouTube, but also the lack of preventive actions and responsibility, or rather criminal consequences, for example, incurred for this type of conduct. Cognitive value: The article is part of the discussion on the way and quality of communication of Polish society, with particular emphasis on hate speech, through new media.

scholarly journals Literasi Media Internet di Kalangan Mahasiswa

Humaniora ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 470
Author(s):  
Gracia Rachmi Adiarsi ◽  
Yolanda Stellarosa ◽  
Martha Warta Silaban
Keyword(s):  
Media Literacy ◽  
Instant Messaging ◽  
Group Discussion ◽  
Private University ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Research Survey ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Media ◽  
Media Message

This study aims to find out to what extent the Internet users in line with media literacy. According to Indonesia Internet Service Provider Association (APJII) and BPS Statistic Indonesia, it was found that Internet users in Indonesia have grown since three years ago up to 13% or become 71.19 million people until the end of 2013. According to research survey MarkPlus Insight, “netizen” or Internet users who spend more than three hours per day on Internet. Moreover, they are increasing from 24,2 Million people in 2012 and become 31,7 million people in 2013. This research used qualitative method by gathering the data through Focus Group Discussion (FGD) to private university students who spent for Internet 5 hours per day and less than 5 hours per day. The theory used in this research was media literacy. The result of this research stated that students who accessed the Internet below 5 hours per day were already busy with work and not too intense in using the Internet either via smartphone or a computer. Different findings came up from the students who accessed the Internet over 5 hours per day. Most of the time, they used the Internet for social media and instant messaging (instant messenger) through smartphones. Critical attitude towards the media message depends on the informants’ interest toward the information. 

scholarly journals Internet Censorship Circumvention Tools: Escaping the Control of the Syrian Regime

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 39-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Walid Al-Saqaf
Keyword(s):  
Freedom Of Expression ◽  
Authoritarian Regimes ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Information Control ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Media ◽  
Internet Censorship ◽  
Censorship Circumvention ◽  
The Arab Spring

Studies have shown that authoritarian regimes tend to censor the media to limit potential threats to the status quo. While such censorship practices were traditionally aimed at broadcast and print media, the emergence of the Internet and social media in particular, prompted some authoritarian regimes, such as the Assad regime in Syria, to try and exert a similar level of censorship on the Internet as well. During the Arab Spring, the Syrian regime blocked hundreds of websites that provided social networking, news, and other services. Taking Syria as a case study, this paper examines whether Internet censorship succeeded in preventing Internet users from reaching censored online content during 2010−2012. By analyzing the use of Alkasir, a censorship circumvention tool created by the author, the paper provides empirical evidence demonstrating that users were in fact able to bypass censorship and access blocked websites. The findings demonstrate that censorship circumvention tools constituted a threat to the information control systems of authoritarian regimes, highlighting the potential of such tools to promote online freedom of expression in countries where Internet censorship is prevalent.

scholarly journals Ujaran kebencian pada ruang – ruang digital

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Eko Pamuji
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
New Media ◽  
Public Space ◽  
Hate Speech ◽  
Citizen Journalism ◽  
Sustainable Change ◽  
Community Journalism ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Information And Communication ◽  
The Media

Today, advances in information and communication technology are rapidly showing that technology can make sustainable change for society and create diversity in the media. This is evidenced by changes in the availability of media that are historically scarce and limited access to the availability of outlets or media that are abundant. New media options are offered to audiences to channel their emotions. Citizen journalism, which is never as difficult as in the digital era, has become more diverse in terms of expression from citizens, such as the presence of hate speech. This term is being channeled through social media into the digital public space by people. So, enliven the digital public space before the information is inevitably disrupted. The current situation is changing from public satisfaction to group or individual satisfaction from joint hearings. Researchers see this empirical phenomenon as very important to study. Its purpose is to reveal how hatred is expressed in the digital age. The aim of this research is to express hatred in social media. This research shows that social media, a global public space, has been used by people to communicate their thoughts in several attempts. There is a community journalism philosophy, and there are common reasons for voicing hatred.Keywords: hoax; public sphere; digital; social media

scholarly journals Specifics of Communication in Lithuanian Voting Campaigns, 2012-2016

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liudas Mažylis ◽  
Ingrida Unikaitė-Jakuntavičienė ◽  
Romualdas Povilaitis
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
News Media ◽  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Communication Channels ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Parliamentary Elections ◽  
Internet News ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Campaign Coverage ◽  
The Media

Abstract The rapid growth of the numbers of unaffiliated voters and the internet users caused politicians’ interest in these audiences and the start of their activities in these communication channels by establishing more personalized relationships with voters. This paper aims to analyze the communication of main parties and their candidates in social media channel “Facebook” and in popular Lithuanian internet news media portals, such as delfi.lt, lrytas.lt and others before the Parliamentary elections in 2012 and the forthcoming 2016 Parliamentary elections. Both quantitative and qualitative aspects of campaign coverage in the media portals and Facebook are analysed. The paper addresses the following questions: How important are factors such as new party emergence, parallel referendum campaign, and activity of using social media for the final result of elections? How active were the politicians in the Facebook? What content dominated their profiles? How much personalized were their messages? What strategies were used for communication? Did the politicians aim at mobilizing or at persuasion the voters? Involvement of citizens, voters’ turnout and political results are linked with campaign arguments and the value normative environment. We conclude by providing the discussion on the noticed tendencies and possible improvements in the communication of candidates for the future.

Pidżin zrodzony z żartu? Przypadek języka kraju San Escobar

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (23) ◽  
pp. 7-22
Author(s):  
Ewa Badyda
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Conceptual Structure ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Caribbean

The article analyzes onomastic material from the map of San Escobar, which was created on the Internet, with the intention of mockery, after a slip of the diplomat Witold Waszczykowski, who in January 2017 listed the non-existent state of San Escobar among the Caribbean countries, which was publicized by the media and released huge activity of Internet users. The author argues that the material reveals the framework of the satirically created fictional Escobar language, which fills the element of the conceptual structure of San Escobar, blended from the concepts of Poland, Latin America and fictional countries. The language revealed can be perceived as a pidgin based on Polish and Spanish.

scholarly journals Implementation of a Mobile Web-Based Information Sharing Forum Information System

Tech-E ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 36
Author(s):  
Muhammad Muslihudin ◽  
Miftahuddin Miftahuddin ◽  
Kanti Lestari
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Knowledge Sharing ◽  
Information Sharing ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Mobile Web ◽  
The Public ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Exchange Information ◽  
The Media

The mobile web-based knowledge sharing forum information system is one of the media that utilizes the internet as a means of gathering and discussing to exchange information for people who want to share their knowledge with people who have not yet studied. With this forum, the public can find out which regions are still taking a lot of education and can make organizations so that they can share their knowledge with the community. The process of creating a mobile web-based knowledge sharing forum information system by analyzing an existing system using the SDLC method. Mobile web-based knowledge sharing forum information system is one of the media that utilizes the internet as a means of gathering and discussing to exchange information for internet users who want to share their knowledge with people who have not yet studied  

scholarly journals Frazeologizmy gwarowe w komunikacji internetowej

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Renata Kucharzyk
Keyword(s):  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Communication ◽  
Material Basis ◽  
Colloquial Language ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
Polish Language ◽  
Important Objective ◽  
The Way

The article discusses the way in which phrasemes of dialectal origin are transferred to the colloquial Polish language. The material basis includes the utterances of the Internet users posted on various kinds of forums and blogs. According to the analysis of the material, folk phraseology is quite expansive and it enriches the colloquial language phraseology to a great extent. Dialectal phrasemes have a specific stylistic value, they carry out assessments, they express the author’s emotions, and sometimes they make a text a bit humorous. Due to such values, they attract the readers’ attention, which is the most important objective in the Internet communication.

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