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urn:uuid:8e1c56e8-8690-46dd-b605-52d915b3b656 03 15 9781805113195 00 EB E101 10 01 01 Antisemitism in Online Communication Transdisciplinary Approaches to Hate Speech in the Twenty-First Century 1 B01 Matthias J. Becker Dr. Matthias J. Becker is a linguist and AddressHate Research Scholar at New York University’s Center for the Study of Antisemitism. His research focuses on the linguistic and discursive mechanisms of antisemitism and digital hate speech, particularly implicit forms that become normalized in mainstream political and online discourse. He is the founder and lead of Decoding Antisemitism, one of the largest studies of online antisemitism conducted globally, and now directs its successor project, Decoding Hate, at NYU. He also serves as Editor-in-Chief of the Digital Hate Review and advises governmental institutions and technology companies on issues related to digital hate and online discourse. 2 B01 Laura Ascone Dr Laura Ascone’s research focuses on computer-mediated communication, on the expression of emotions, as well as on hate speech. She defended her PhD in Linguistics at the Université Paris-Seine. Her thesis on “The Radicalisation through the Expression of Emotions on the Internet” dealt with the rhetorical strategies used in both jihadist propaganda and institutional counter-narrative. She then conducted postdoctoral research at the Université de Lorraine on online hate speech against migrants. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Centre for Research on Antisemitism (ZfA) at the Technische Universität Berlin in the international project Decoding Antisemitism. She is also part of various research networks dealing with social issues such as Draine, a research group established as part of the Horizon 2020 European project PRACTICIES (Partnership against violent radicalisation in the cities). 3 B01 Karolina Placzynta Karolina Placzynta is a linguist and political scientist with a background in pragmatics, sociolinguistics and Critical Discourse Analysis. Her research is centred on the mainstreaming and marginalisation of discourses in the media, normalisation of bias, and intersections of discriminatory discourses. Before joining the UK team of the Decoding Antisemitism project, she researched the patterns of discursive representations of immigration in the British press, in the process examining online media debates within the political mainstream. Apart from discourses of migration, racism and antisemitism, she is interested in the language of misogyny and gender inequality, as well as the language of social class dynamics. As an experienced educator, she is interested in translating research findings into successful strategies for teaching and training. She is a member of the DiscourseNet association. 4 B01 Chloé Vincent Chloé Vincent is currently preparing a PhD at Ghent University on how gender neutral pronouns in French affect text quality and mental gender representations. She previously worked on the French team of the Decoding Antisemitism project as a researcher and expert in quantitative analysis. She completed her MA in Linguistics at Queen Mary University of London in September 2020 where she specialised in sociolinguistics, learning both quantitative and qualitative methods. Her master’s thesis consisted in analysing the attitudes of native French speakers towards French regional accents. In the previous years, she had completed her undergraduate degree in anthropology at Lumière University Lyon 2, and a degree in French language teaching at Grenoble Alpes University, while working as a software developer. She also holds a Master of Engineering degree from Grenoble INP Graduate School of Engineering. 01 eng 00 260 03 23 antisemitism 23 Media Studies and Journalism 04 PN4565.A58 10 SOC031000 10 COM060140 23 hate speech 23 Politics and Sociology 10 COM079000 23 qualitative analysis 23 quantitative analysis 23 multimodal analysis 23 internet studies 23 social media studies 01 06 03 00 The normalisation of hate speech, including antisemitic rhetoric, poses a significant threat to social cohesion and democracy. While global efforts have been made to counter contemporary antisemitism, there is an urgent need to understand its online manifestations. Hate speech spreads easily across the internet, facilitated by anonymity and reinforced by algorithms that favour engaging--even if offensive--content. It often takes coded forms, making detection challenging.Antisemitism in Online Communication addresses these issues by analysing explicit and implicit antisemitic statements in mainstream online discourse. Drawing from disciplines such as corpus linguistics, computational linguistics, semiotics, history, and philosophy, this edited collection examines over 100,000 user comments from three language communities. Contributors explore various facets of online antisemitism, including its intersectionality with misogyny and its dissemination through memes and social networks. Through case studies, they examine the reproduction, support, and rejection of antisemitic tropes, alongside quantitative assessments of comment structures in online discussions. Additionally, the volume delves into the capabilities of content moderation tools and deep-learning models for automated hate speech detection. This multidisciplinary approach provides a comprehensive understanding of contemporary antisemitism in digital spaces, recognising the importance of addressing its insidious spread from multiple angles. 04 00 Acknowledgements Introduction 1. The Cases of Riley and Rooney 2. Jordan Peterson and Conservative Antisemitism Online: The Dethroning of an Intellectual Icon Following His Interview with Netanyahu 3. ‘Pop’ Antisemitism and Deviant Communities 4. “More Like Genocide” 5. Countering Antisemitism Online 6. Multimodal Cognitive Anchoring in Antisemitic Memes 7. Discussion Trees on Social Media 8. Algorithms Against Antisemitism? About the Authors List of Figures List of Tables Index Open Book Publishers 01 Open Book Publishers 04 01 20240621 02 WORLD 06 15 9781805113164 06 15 9781805113171 06 15 9781805113188 06 15 9781805113201 06 15 9781805113195 WORLD 09 Open Book Publishers 20 02 5.99 GBP WORLD