Hadefulde ytringer i et nordisk perspektiv' (Hate speech in a Nordic perspective), The Danish Institute For Human Rights, The Islandic Center For Human Rights and The Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud of Norway

Country

Denmark

Title

Hadefulde ytringer i et nordisk perspektiv' (Hate speech in a Nordic perspective), The Danish Institute For Human Rights, The Islandic Center For Human Rights and The Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud of Norway

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Year

2017

Type of publication

Report

Geographical coverage

Regional

Area/location of interest

Not applicable - national level

Type of Institution

Council of Europe body

Institution

The Danish Institute For Human Rights, The Islandic Center For Hunman Rights and The Gender Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud of Norway

Main Thematic Focus

Hate speech Discrimination Islamophobia

Target Population

Ethnic minorities Religious minorities

Key findings

The Danish case: Analysing comments on facebook sites of major danish public media, the report finds that 5 subjects top the list as the most hateful. Hate speech appear in; 40 % of all comments on ‘Religion and faith’, 34 % of all comments on ‘Refugees’, 29 % of all comments on ‘Equality’, 24 % of all comments on ‘Politics’, and 24 % of all comments on ‘Integration’. Hate is most often aimed at the ‘political viewpoint’ (31 %), ‘ethnicity’ (22 %), ‘religious belief’ (21 %), and gender (15 %) of a person or a group of persons. On ‘ethnicity’, 75 % of all hateful comments was targeting ‘non-westerners’, and 86 % of all hateful comments on religion included hate on Islam..

Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)

other: The report is based on data gathered from a variety of sources. The danish study applies a mixed method design that combines qualitative content analysis with quantitative descriptive statistics
questionnaires among Facebook users and statistics from public authorities and research institutes.

Sample details and representativeness

the danish analysis is based on 3000 randomly selected comments from public debates on the facebook site of two major danish media channels

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