Hate speech and cancellation phenomena and the impacts on young people's communication in digital environments.

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/irie504

Keywords:

Hate Speech, Cancellation, Young people, Info-communicational competences, Internet, Education

Abstract

The ICT Domicílios 2021 survey reveals the growth in the use of the internet in Brazil compared to periods prior to the Covid 19 pandemic. However, this expansion is not reflected in the percentages of selfauthored content posted by users: only 31% reported that they share something of their own creation, be it a text, image, photo, video or music. Among young people from Salvador (Bahia, Brazil) who are interested in politics, Silva's research (2022) revealed that only 34% claim to publish authorial content. Among the reasons given by young people, they mention fear of cancellation and hate speech. This article analyzes data from this survey in the light of discussions on infocommunicative literacy. We conclude that public policies in the country need to advance in terms of guaranteeing the right to the internet associated with education for the ethical, critical and democratic use of information and communication.

Author Biography

Borges, Jussara, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul

holds a PhD in Contemporary Communication and Culture (PósCom/UFBA). Postdoctoral fellow at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain. Permanent professor of the Graduate Program in Information Science at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (PPGCIN-UFRGS). Professor at the Faculty of Library Science and Communication (Fabico) at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) and leader of the Research Group on Infocommunicative Literacy (InfoCom). Street Ramiro Barcelos, 2705, Santana, Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.

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2024-04-01

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Silva, Daniela, and Jussara Borges. 2024. “Hate Speech and Cancellation Phenomena and the Impacts on Young people’s Communication in Digital Environments”. The International Review of Information Ethics 33 (1). Edmonton, Canada. https://doi.org/10.29173/irie504.

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Vol. 33 No. 1 (2024): Dossier To Combat Disinformation

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