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Gendered Violence Online : Hate Speech as an Intersection of Misogyny and Racism (2021)
Saresma, T., Karkulehto, S., & Varis, P. (2021). Gendered Violence Online : Hate Speech as an Intersection of Misogyny and Racism. In M. Husso, S. Karkulehto, T. Saresma, A. Laitila, J. Eilola, & H. Siltala (Eds.), Violence, Gender and Affect : Interpersonal, Institutional and Ideological Practices (pp. 221-243). Palgrave Macmillan. Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56930-3_11
JYU authors or editors
Publication details
All authors or editors: Saresma, Tuija; Karkulehto, Sanna; Varis, Piia
Parent publication: Violence, Gender and Affect : Interpersonal, Institutional and Ideological Practices
Parent publication editors: Husso, Marita; Karkulehto, Sanna; Saresma, Tuija; Laitila, Aarno; Eilola, Jari; Siltala, Heli
ISBN: 978-3-030-56929-7
eISBN: 978-3-030-56930-3
Journal or series: Palgrave Studies in Victims and Victimology
Publication year: 2021
Pages range: 221-243
Number of pages in the book: 292
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Place of Publication: Cham
Publication country: Switzerland
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-56930-3_11
Publication open access: Not open
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Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/74850
Abstract
Social media has been adopted by radical right populists and alt-right demagogues as a platform for circulating misogynous and racist hate speech and affectively mobilising supporters. This chapter examines hate speech as a form of gendered and racist violence, focusing on social media posts by two influential right-wing populist politicians: Jussi Halla-aho, the leader of the Finns Party, and Donald Trump, the president of the United States. It demonstrates how these politicians intertwine misogyny and racism in blog posts and tweets that target women in particular. Their affective online communication is interpreted as a new form of violence. This digitally mediated violence, although a relatively new phenomenon, is an integral part of the chain of violence that links interpersonal violence, violent societal structures and ideological and political violence. Discursive expressions of hatred are spread through social media and shape our understanding of reality. They are not only violent themselves but also pave the way for an ideological readiness to use other types of violence.
Keywords: violence (activity); hate speech; misogyny; racism; ideologies; right wing movements; populism; social media; online discussion
Free keywords: misogyny; racism; hate speech; online violence; right-wing populism
Contributing organizations
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- Mainstreaming Populism in the Twenty-first Century
- Kovala, Urpo
- Research Council of Finland
- Crossing Borders - Artistic Practices in Performing and Narrating Belonging
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- Research Council of Finland
- Competitive funding to strengthen universities’ research profiles. Profiling actions at the JYU, round 3
- Hämäläinen, Keijo
- Research Council of Finland
Ministry reporting: Yes
Reporting Year: 2021
JUFO rating: 3
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