1st Edition
Online Hate and Harmful Content Cross-National Perspectives
Biography
Pekka Räsänen, Dr. Soc.Sc., is Professor of Economic Sociology at the University of Turku, Finland. He has published widely on research methods, mass violence, culture, and consumer behavior. His current research focuses on the social disparities associated with the new information and communication technologies.
Atte Oksanen, Dr. Soc. Sci., is professor of social psychology at the
University of Tampere, Finland. His research focuses on emerging
technologies and social interaction. He has published in a variety of
areas including youth studies, drug and alcohol research and
criminology.
Teo Keipi, Dr. Soc. Sc. Is a post-doctoral researcher of Economic Sociology at the University of Turku, Finland. His current research focuses on online hate content production and exposure. He has published on issues of identity dynamics, victimization, deviance and structural mechanisms of the online setting.
Matti Näsi (Dr. Soc. Sc.) is a Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Criminology and Legal Policy at University of Helsinki, Finland. His research focuses on the impacts of information and communication technologies on society and social life, with current emphasis on implications concerning harmful online content.
'This book offers readers a much needed and compelling analysis of online hate and its potential
damage at both individual and societal level. It also opens up new research perspectives of paramount
importance for our democracies.'Catherine Blaya, University of Teacher Education, Lausanne, Switzerland, and University of Nice Sophia
Antipolis, France
