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Intensification of Hate Speech, Based on the Conversation Generated on TikTok during the Escalation of the War in the Middle East in 2023

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  • José-Luis González-Esteban

    (Department of Social and Human Sciences, Miguel Hernández University, 03202 Elche, Spain)

  • Carmen Maria Lopez-Rico

    (Department of Social and Human Sciences, Miguel Hernández University, 03202 Elche, Spain)

  • Loraine Morales-Pino

    (Department of Social Sciences and Humanities, Ibero American University, Tijuana 22500, Mexico)

  • Federico Sabater-Quinto

    (Department of Social and Human Sciences, Miguel Hernández University, 03202 Elche, Spain)

Abstract

The present research has been carried out concurrently with the conversation that took place on the social network TikTok during the most recent escalation of the war between Hamas and Israel in the Middle East (Gaza-Palestine) during the month of October 2023. The main objective of this article is to analyze of how young audiences are informed about complex problems, the quality of that information, and the consequences of the intensification of uncontrolled hate speech. Regarding the methodology, data were extracted from TikTok using the open-source tool tiktok-hashtag-analysis—hosted on GitHub—which facilitated the analysis of hashtags within the posts collected from this social network, starting with an initial sample of 17,654 comments. The article draws and reaches conclusions related to the fact that young audiences indeed are interested in the escalation of the conflict in the Middle East, as it is evident that the conversation—which is polarized—on TikTok about this issue has escalated considerably. Similarly, analysis of the extracted and filtered sample shows that the variable “hate speech” intensified on the platform during the analyzed conversation.

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  • José-Luis González-Esteban & Carmen Maria Lopez-Rico & Loraine Morales-Pino & Federico Sabater-Quinto, 2024. "Intensification of Hate Speech, Based on the Conversation Generated on TikTok during the Escalation of the War in the Middle East in 2023," Social Sciences, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-16, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jscscx:v:13:y:2024:i:1:p:49-:d:1318093
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    1. Sabina Civila & Mónica Bonilla-del-Rio & Ignacio Aguaded, 2023. "Social Media and Otherness: The Case of #Islamterrorism on TikTok," Politics and Governance, Cogitatio Press, vol. 11(2), pages 114-126.
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