Civic response to hate speech on social media

What is it about?

Hate speech is a growing phenomenon around the globe. This paper examines parody as a civic engagement strategy against vitriolic narratives. The paper focuses on the Peruvian context of political crisis and parody as an opportunity for resistance.

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Why is it important?

The paper analyzes recurrent hate speech strategies and critically examines how regular social media users can defy their narratives using parody. Thus, parody can be considered a strategy for social resistance against oppressive discourses on social media like Twitter.