Social Media and Hate

Using expert interviews and focus groups, this book investigates the theoretical and practical intersection of misinformation and social media hate in contemporary societies.

Shakuntala Banaji is Professor of Media, Culture and Social Change in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Ramnath Bhat is postdoctoral fellow at the International Centre for Advanced Studies in New Delhi and visiting fellow in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

1. Introduction, 2. When hate-speech policies and procedures fail: the case of the Rohingya in Myanmar, 3. Brazil colonisation, violent 'othering' and contemporary online hate, 4. Social media, violence and hierarchies of hate in India, 5. White male rage online: Intersectional genealogies of hate in the UK, 6. Conclusion