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

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...

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Autores: López Rico, Carmen María, González-Esteban, José Luis, Morales Pino, Loraine, Sabater Quinto, Federico
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2023
País:España
Institución:Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
Repositorio:REDIUMH. Depósito Digital de la UMH
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Palabra clave:TikTok
social media
polarization
hate speech
Islamophobia
Israel
Palestine
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spelling Intensification of Hate Speech, Based on the Conversation Generated on TikTok during the Escalation of theWar in the Middle East in 2023López Rico, Carmen MaríaGonzález-Esteban, José LuisMorales Pino, LoraineSabater Quinto, FedericoTikToksocial mediapolarizationhate speechIslamophobiaIsraelPalestineCDU::3 - Ciencias socialesThe 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.MDPIDepartamentos de la UMH::Ciencias Sociales y Humanas202520252023info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdf16application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11000/34812reponame:REDIUMH. Depósito Digital de la UMHinstname:Universidad Miguel Hernández de ElcheIngléshttps://doi.org/10.3390/ socsci13010049info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacionalhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/oai:dspace.umh.es:11000/348122026-05-27T13:36:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Intensification of Hate Speech, Based on the Conversation Generated on TikTok during the Escalation of theWar in the Middle East in 2023
title Intensification of Hate Speech, Based on the Conversation Generated on TikTok during the Escalation of theWar in the Middle East in 2023
spellingShingle Intensification of Hate Speech, Based on the Conversation Generated on TikTok during the Escalation of theWar in the Middle East in 2023
López Rico, Carmen María
TikTok
social media
polarization
hate speech
Islamophobia
Israel
Palestine
CDU::3 - Ciencias sociales
title_short Intensification of Hate Speech, Based on the Conversation Generated on TikTok during the Escalation of theWar in the Middle East in 2023
title_full Intensification of Hate Speech, Based on the Conversation Generated on TikTok during the Escalation of theWar in the Middle East in 2023
title_fullStr Intensification of Hate Speech, Based on the Conversation Generated on TikTok during the Escalation of theWar in the Middle East in 2023
title_full_unstemmed Intensification of Hate Speech, Based on the Conversation Generated on TikTok during the Escalation of theWar in the Middle East in 2023
title_sort Intensification of Hate Speech, Based on the Conversation Generated on TikTok during the Escalation of theWar in the Middle East in 2023
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv López Rico, Carmen María
González-Esteban, José Luis
Morales Pino, Loraine
Sabater Quinto, Federico
author López Rico, Carmen María
author_facet López Rico, Carmen María
González-Esteban, José Luis
Morales Pino, Loraine
Sabater Quinto, Federico
author_role author
author2 González-Esteban, José Luis
Morales Pino, Loraine
Sabater Quinto, Federico
author2_role author
author
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Departamentos de la UMH::Ciencias Sociales y Humanas
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv TikTok
social media
polarization
hate speech
Islamophobia
Israel
Palestine
CDU::3 - Ciencias sociales
topic TikTok
social media
polarization
hate speech
Islamophobia
Israel
Palestine
CDU::3 - Ciencias sociales
description 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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