RT Article
T1 Countering Ethnic Minority-Targeted Hate Speech in a Multicultural Society
JF Race and social problems
VO 17
IS 3
SP 233
OP 248
A1 Guan, Tianru
A1 Yang, Yilu
A1 Liu, Tianyang
A2 Yang, Yilu
A2 Liu, Tianyang
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1942604912
AB Within the hate speech scholarship, the predominant focus has been the written text of media platforms, limited to a few national contexts such as the USA, UK and Germany. Conversely, the present study takes an audience-based perspective and an interventionist approach, shedding light on a less examined society (Australia) and on an under-researched ethnic group (Chinese Australians). Through online experiment method (N = 300), it investigates the effectiveness of two audience-focused countermeasures (inducing empathy and constructing collective national identity) in mitigating the negative influences of ethnic minority-targeted hate narratives and in promoting bystander intervention willingness. It then examines the moderating roles of multiculturalism, online political efficacy, and perceived threat. Practical implications for hate speech governance and intergroup relations are discussed. This study examines the relevance of, and compares it with, studies on hate speech in the American context, calling for a globalized perspective to resist racialized hate speech.
K1 Chinese Australians
K1 Countermeasures
K1 Hate Speech
K1 Intergroup relations
DO 10.1007/s12552-024-09426-w