Contesting hate
Digital counter-narratives against Islamophobia
Will be published approx. on 1. September 2026
Book
Hardback
256 pages
978-1-5261-8152-7 (ISBN)
Description
Contesting hate draws on a unique five-year dataset, which includes social media data, interviews with digital activists and mainstream media analysis, generated by the project '#ContestingIslamophobia: Representation and Appropriation in Mediated Activism'.
This book provides an in-depth analysis of how social media have been used to contest the circulation of racialised Islamophobia, in relation to a range of events wherein Islamophobic narratives have been yoked to white supremacism, Hindu nationalism and polarising 'culture wars' debates. Focusing on archetypal 'trigger events' that have resulted in the intensification of Islamophobic discourse - the Christchurch white supremacist terrorist attacks, Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic - we identify key actors and networks involved in these narratives, and foreground successful (and less successful) counter-narrative tactics for contesting hate. In the process, we set out a new theoretical and methodological framework for conceptualising and researching digital discrimination and activism. -- .
This book provides an in-depth analysis of how social media have been used to contest the circulation of racialised Islamophobia, in relation to a range of events wherein Islamophobic narratives have been yoked to white supremacism, Hindu nationalism and polarising 'culture wars' debates. Focusing on archetypal 'trigger events' that have resulted in the intensification of Islamophobic discourse - the Christchurch white supremacist terrorist attacks, Brexit and the Covid-19 pandemic - we identify key actors and networks involved in these narratives, and foreground successful (and less successful) counter-narrative tactics for contesting hate. In the process, we set out a new theoretical and methodological framework for conceptualising and researching digital discrimination and activism. -- .
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
1 textbox, 28 images and 39 tables
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-5261-8152-7 (9781526181527)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Elizabeth Poole is Professor of Media and Communications at Keele University
Eva Haifa Giraud is Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and Society at the University of Sheffield
Ed de Quincey is Professor of Computer Science at Keele University
John E. Richardson is a Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media at the University of Liverpool -- .
Eva Haifa Giraud is Senior Lecturer in Digital Media and Society at the University of Sheffield
Ed de Quincey is Professor of Computer Science at Keele University
John E. Richardson is a Senior Lecturer in Communication and Media at the University of Liverpool -- .
Content
1: Introduction: Circulating and contesting hate
2: Platform politics: Big data, bigger challenges?
3: Triggers and time
4: Counter-narratives against Islamophobia
5: Actors, networks and affective ecologies
6: Death of a platform? Continuity, change and legacies as Twitter becomes X
Appendix 1: Coding schedule (Brexit)
Appendix 2: Interview questions/discussion points (semi-structured)
References -- .
2: Platform politics: Big data, bigger challenges?
3: Triggers and time
4: Counter-narratives against Islamophobia
5: Actors, networks and affective ecologies
6: Death of a platform? Continuity, change and legacies as Twitter becomes X
Appendix 1: Coding schedule (Brexit)
Appendix 2: Interview questions/discussion points (semi-structured)
References -- .