Educating for Sustainable Peace: Neoliberalism and the Pedagogical Potential of Social Media in Creating Conditions for Civic Engagement and Peace

Arshad-Ayaz, Adeela

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“…Social media have expanded the global public sphere past the geospatial and territorial limits of the traditional public sphere. Kopytowska (2013Kopytowska ( , 2015Kopytowska ( a, 2015bKopytowska ( , 2015c refers to this expansion as the mediated public sphere, in which the netizens (citizens of the mediated public sphere) collaboratively construct new realities (Naseem, 2015(Naseem, , 2020Arshad-Ayaz, 2020). The anonymity, instantaneous access, and interactive nature of virtual environments make them ideal sites for the propagation of hate speech.…”

Section: Canadian Youth's Perceptions Of Hate Speech and Social Mediamentioning

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Perspectives of Muslim and Minority Canadian Youth on Hate Speech and Social Media

Arshad-Ayaz¹,

Naseem²,

Hizaoui³

2022

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In this article, we highlight the perspectives of marginalized Canadian youth regarding hate speech on social media. Specifically, our research focus is on the complexity and intersectionality involved in cyber violence, especially in relation to marginalized identities. Twenty-five participants aged 18 to 25 studying at a central Canadian University (from an initial sample of 90 participants) who self-identified as victims of hate speech were invited to share their experiences and narrate their stories. Research results demonstrate that online hate speech is growing in Canada to an extent where it is has become normalized. This has serious implications for the well-being of Canadian youth - both perpetrators and victims of hate speech. The main targets of hate speech on social media in Canada are immigrants and minorities, particularly Muslims. Results show that online hate speech has significant consequences for the lives of Canadian youth. The repercussions for the victim's mental and physical well-being manifest in problems ranging from alienation, identity issues, deterioration of psychological and physical health to cyber and in-person bullying, and much more. The study concludes that while there are definite links between the rise of online hate speech, deterioration of mental and physical health, and increased attacks on immigrants and minorities, not much action has gone into policymaking and education to correct the situation.

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Section: Canadian Youth's Perceptions Of Hate Speech and Social Mediamentioning

confidence: 99%

Perspectives of Muslim and Minority Canadian Youth on Hate Speech and Social Media

Arshad-Ayaz¹,

Naseem²,

Hizaoui³

2022

JCIE

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Educating for Sustainable Peace: Neoliberalism and the Pedagogical Potential of Social Media in Creating Conditions for Civic Engagement and Peace

Cited by 1 publication

References 38 publications

Perspectives of Muslim and Minority Canadian Youth on Hate Speech and Social Media

Perspectives of Muslim and Minority Canadian Youth on Hate Speech and Social Media

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