The diffusion of social media : links with increased hate crimes against ethnic minorities in Asia

• Main Author: Bartholomeusz, Steven
• Other Authors: Richard Seyler Ling
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: Social sciences::Communication; Social sciences::Mass media::Media effects
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/78920
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Over the past five years, there has been a rapid increase in documented hate crimes against ethnic and religious minorities, and Asia is no exception. Governments in the region and other stakeholders are increasingly positing that this increase in hate crimes and racist behaviour is enabled by the r...