Hate Speech
$27.96
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
16 June 2021
Summary
An investigation of hate speech: legal approaches, current controversies, and suggestions for limiting its spread.
Hate speech can happen anywhere–in Charlottesville, Virginia, where young men in khakis shouted, “Jews will not replace us”; in Myanmar, where the military used Facebook to target the Muslim Rohingya; in Capetown, South Africa, where a pastor called on ISIS to rid South Africa of the “homosexual curse.” In person or online, people wield language to attack others for their…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262539906 |
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| ISBN-10: | 026253990X |
| Author: | Caitlin Ring Carlson |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 16 June 2021 |
| Weight: | 182g |
| Dimensions: | 127mm x 178mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press Essential Knowledge |
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Critics Review
“Carlson presents a compelling view of a problem that seems to have no good answer and yet she provides suggestions for methods that might help to end the easy spread of hate speech in media and online.”—Shelf Awareness
Caitlin Ring Carlson
Caitlin Ring Carlson is Associate Professor in the Communication Department at Seattle University. Her research focuses on media law, policy, and ethics from a feminist perspective. Her work has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Wired, and Venture Beat, as well as such leading academic publications as the Journal of Media Law and Ethics.
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