WHAT IS HATE SPEECH AND WHY SHOULD WE STUDY IT?

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  • Sopio Totibadze

Keywords:

hate, speech, awareness, discourse, sociolinguistics, speaking back

Abstract

Together with the technological advancement, communication has become extremely easy. However, that also entails that some negative information has also become easily available. Hate speech is definitely one of the forms of communication that people often resort to without knowing the harmful effects it might have not only on the addressee, but on the whole community. Even more, some people might not even know what hate speech is or how to identify it when exposed to it. Therefore, it is extremely important to raise awareness about the issue and teach people the coping mechanisms to fight against it.

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Author Biography

Sopio Totibadze

Sopio Totibadze is a Doctor of Philology. She defended her dissertation at Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University, Georgia. Sopio obtained her Master’s degree at Leiden University, the Faculty of Humanities, English Language and Linguistics. Currently Sopio Totibadze is working on gender issues and hate language in Sociolinguistics. She has an extensive experience of teaching English to multi-level and exam-oriented classrooms.

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Published

2022-07-29

How to Cite

Totibadze, S. (2022). WHAT IS HATE SPEECH AND WHY SHOULD WE STUDY IT?. Online Journal of Humanities ETAGTSU, (7), pages 8. Retrieved from https://etagtsu.tsu.ge/index.php/journal/article/view/53

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