Hate as a system: Examining hate crimes and hate groups as state level moderators on the impact of online and offline racism on mental health

Keum, Brian TaeHyuk; Li, Xu; Wong, Michele J.

doi:10.1016/j.ijintrel.2022.09.002

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“…Far-right groups with white supremacist and fascist elements have recently led or planned violent attacks against governments in the United States, Brazil, and Germany. To spread their ideology and build communities of hate, white supremacist groups disseminate propaganda using memorable slogans like "end all immigration" in both the online and offline spaces [33]. With this backdrop, it is increasingly important to study the spread of hate by white supremacist groups in the online medium, and how it relates to offline propaganda.…”

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“…However, fewer studies examine the connections between offline events and online hate. Lupu et al [37] observed that offline trigger events, such as protests and events, often leads to increase in online hate speech; Hirvonen [29] studied the affinity between online white supremacy hate speech and offline hostility; and Keum et al [33] identified that the constant dissemination of ideology by white supremacist groups online can impact the mental health of their surrounding community. Given these potential dangers, it is important to characterize and study the patterns of messaging that draws people into white supremacism and investigate how this messaging connects to offline violence [23].…”

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Online to Offline Crossover of White Supremacist Propaganda

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et al. 2023

Companion Proceedings of the ACM Web Conference 2023

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White supremacist extremist groups are a significant domestic terror threat in many Western nations. These groups harness the Internet to spread their ideology via online platforms: blogs, chat rooms, forums, and social media, which can inspire violence offline. In this work, we study the persistence and reach of white supremacist propaganda in both online and offline environments. We also study patterns in narratives that crossover from online to offline environments, or vice versa. From a geospatial analysis, we find that offline propaganda is geographically widespread in the United States, with a slight tendency toward Northeastern states. Propaganda that spreads the farthest and lasts the longest has a patriotic framing and is short, memorable, and repeatable. Through text comparison methods, we illustrate that online propaganda typically leads the appearance of the same propaganda in offline flyers, banners, and graffiti. We hope that this study sheds light on the characteristics of persistent white supremacist narratives both online and offline. CCS CONCEPTS• Human-centered computing → Collaborative and social computing; • Social and professional topics → User characteristics; • Information systems → Social networking sites.

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