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On Mediated Disrespect: Theoretical Considerations About the Political Sphere in Social Media

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Whether in the case of migration and escape, feminist empowerment, or other strategies of inequity’s visualization, currently communication in digital cultures is based on a harsh language of disrespect and injury. Of course, insulting and discriminatory speech did not start with digital communication. Nevertheless, we need to consider the circumstances and requirements our current communicative setting depends on. The rise of disrespectful language entails a dichotomic discussion about its handling. So, the discourses include demands of both censorship and self-empowerment, Free Speech and Hate Speech. The question I’m primarily interested in in this context refers to the current spatial requirement of communication and negotiation. How is the political environment constituted that we are communicating and acting in?

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    Julia Preisker

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    Geert Lovink

  3. Roma Tre University, Rome, Italy

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  4. John Cabot University, Rome, Italy

    Peter Sarram

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Preisker, J. (2021). On Mediated Disrespect: Theoretical Considerations About the Political Sphere in Social Media. In: Della Ratta, D., Lovink, G., Numerico, T., Sarram, P. (eds) The Aesthetics and Politics of the Online Self. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65497-9_5

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