The Dark Side of Digital Platforms (original) (raw)

2020

Abstract

While intolerant, abusive and hateful speech online has received a lot of attention by researchers in social, media and communication studies, its linguistic aspects have yet to be thoroughly investigated. This book contributes to filling this gap by showcasing how a linguistic perspective has much to offer in unravelling exactly what is occurring. With a common goal to interrogate the linguistic aspects of negative online behaviours on different social media platforms and against different targets, the authors approached the phenomenon from a different methodological frameworks. While primarily interested in identifying, describing and understanding intolerant, abusive and hateful speech online thoroughly and comprehensively, they also had a common belief that their work could inform efforts to contain or mitigate the impact of negative online behaviours regardless of where they occur. Each chapter interrogates a different communicative practice in a specific modality on a range of...

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