Full Description
Antisemitism on Social Media is a book for all who want to understand this phenomenon.
Researchers interested in the matter will find innovative methodologies (CrowdTangle or Voyant Tools mixed with discourse analysis) and new concepts (tertiary antisemitism, antisemitic escalation) that should become standard in research on antisemitism on social media. It is also an invitation to students and up-and-coming and established scholars to study this phenomenon further. This interdisciplinary volume addresses how social media with its technology and business model has revolutionized the dissemination of antisemitism and how this impacts not only victims of antisemitic hate speech but also society at large. The book gives insight into case studies on different platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, TikTok, YouTube, and Telegram. It also demonstrates how social media is weaponized through the dissemination of antisemitic content by political actors from the right, the left, and the extreme fringe, and critically assesses existing counter-strategies.
People working for social media companies, policy makers, practitioners, and journalists will benefit from the questions raised, the findings, and the recommendations. Educators who teach courses on antisemitism, hate speech, extremism, conspiracies, and Holocaust denial but also those who teach future leaders in computer technology will find this volume an important resource.
Contents
Foreword Introduction 1. A Snapshot of Antisemitism on Social Media in 2021 2. Deep State, Child Sacrifices, and the 'Plandemic': The Historical Background of Antisemitic Tropes within the QAnon Movement 3. Tertiary Antisemitism in Social Media Posts of Germany's Alternative für Deutschland 4. "Everyone I know Isn't Antisemitic": Antisemitism in Facebook Pages Supportive of the UK Labour Party 5. Attacks on Democracy? A Troll-Attack on YouTube 6. Social Media and System Collapse: How Extremists Built an International Neo-Nazi Network 7. Antisemitic Rhetoric in Urdu on YouTube: An Analysis 8. Antisemitic Narratives on YouTube and Telegram as Part of Conspiracy Beliefs about COVID-19 9. Reconstructing an Antisemitic Meme on Social Media through Objective Hermeneutics 10. New Antisemitism on TikTok 11. The Impact of Antisemitic Content and Hate Speech on Social Media on Young Jewish Social Media Users 12. Toward an AI Definition of Antisemitism? 13. "To Report or Not to Report": Antisemitism on Social Media and the Role of Civil Society 14. Antisemitism on Social Media Platforms: Placing the Problem into Perspective
