This book offers empirical insight into the way Muslims reacted online
towards various controversial issues related to Islam. The book
examines four cases studies: The Muhammed’s cartoons, the burning of
the Quran controversies, Fitna and the Innocence of Muslims’ films.
The issues of online religion, social movements and extremism are
discussed, as many of the cases in question created both uproar and
unity among many YouTubers. These case studies – in some instances
– led to the expression of extremist views by some users, and the
volume argues that they helped contribute to the growth of extremism
due to the utilization of these events by some terrorist groups in
order to recruit new members. In the concluding chapter, social
network and sentiment analyses are presented in order to investigate
all the collected comments and videos, while a critical discussion of
freedom of expression and hate speech is offered, with special
regards to the growing online influence of far right groups and their
role in on-going YouTube debates.
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Online Debates, Protests, and Extremism
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781137398260
Publisert
2020
Utgiver
Springer Nature
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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