[Air-L] New Book, Print and Open Access: Social Processes of Online Hate

[Ronald Rice]

We are pleased to announce the print and online open-access publication of
Walther, J. B. & Rice, R. E. (Eds.). (2024). *Social processes of online
hate*. Routledge.

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-edit/10.4324/9781003472148/social-processes-online-hate-joseph-walther-ronald-rice

ABSTRACT

This book explores the social forces among and between online aggressors
that affect the expression and perpetration of online hate. Its chapters
illustrate how patterns of interactive social behavior reinforce, magnify,
or modify this expression. It also considers the characteristics of social
media that facilitate social interactions that promote hate and facilitate
relationships among haters. Bringing together a range of international
experts and covering an array of themes, including woman abuse,
antisemitism, pornography, radicalization, and extreme political youth
movements, this book examines the specific social factors and processes
that facilitate these forms of hate and proposes new approaches for
explaining them.

Cutting-edge, interdisciplinary, and authoritative, this book will be of
interest to sociologists, criminologists, and scholars of media,
communication, and computational social science alike, as well as those
engaged with hate crime, hate speech, social media, and online social
networks. 336 pages, 12 chapters, all or each separately downloadable or
readable online.
-- 
Ronald E. Rice
Arthur N. Rupe Professor in the Social Effects of Mass Communication
Department of Communication
4127 SS&MS Bldg
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4020
rrice at comm.ucsb.edu
https://www.comm.ucsb.edu/people/ronald-e-rice
https://rrice.faculty.comm.ucsb.edu/ricewww.htm
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