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The Role of Gender in Hate Speech Targeting Politicians : Evidence from Finnish Twitter (2024)


Meriläinen, J.-M. (2024). The Role of Gender in Hate Speech Targeting Politicians : Evidence from Finnish Twitter. International Journal of Politics, Culture and Society, Early online. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10767-024-09476-3


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Julkaisun kaikki tekijät tai toimittajatMeriläinen, Jari-Mikko

Lehti tai sarjaInternational Journal of Politics, Culture and Society

ISSN0891-4486

eISSN1573-3416

Julkaisuvuosi2024

Ilmestymispäivä13.06.2024

VolyymiEarly online

KustantajaSpringer

JulkaisumaaYhdysvallat (USA)

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DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s10767-024-09476-3

Linkki tutkimusaineistoon https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/MEHNOJ

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Julkaisu on rinnakkaistallennettu (JYX)https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/96679


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This study uses a manually classified tweet sample for examining hate speech targeting the ministers of the government of Finland. We use logistic regressions to investigate the distribution of hate speech by gender, age, party leadership, visibility, and political party, with a special focus on gender. Additionally, we divide minister portfolios into masculine, neutral, and feminine positions and examine whether a minister’s gender affects the likelihood of being targeted. Our results suggest that male and female ministers are equally likely, on average, to be targeted by hate speech. However, this relation is nuanced. First, for male ministers, visibility increases the frequency of hate speech. For female ministers, the result is the opposite. Moreover, the results suggest that women in masculine positions are more likely to face hate speech. In addition, men are targeted by hate speech less when they are holding a masculine minister portfolio. This suggests that gender roles affect hate speech.


YSO-asiasanatvihapuhenettikiusaaminenTwitterverkkodemokratiapoliitikotministeritsukupuoliroolitsukupuoleen perustuva häirintä

Vapaat asiasanatcyberbullying; E-democracy; hate speech; online communication; Twitter


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