Extreme Speech Online: An Anthropological Critique of Hate Speech Debates (2017)
Journal Article
Pohjonen, M., & Udupa, S. (2017). Extreme Speech Online: An Anthropological Critique of Hate Speech Debates. International Journal of Communication, 11, 1173-1191

Exploring the cases of India and Ethiopia, this article develops the concept of “extreme speech” to critically analyze the cultures of vitriolic exchange on Internet-enabled media. While online abuse is largely understood as “hate speech,” we make tw... Read More about Extreme Speech Online: An Anthropological Critique of Hate Speech Debates.