| Summary: | The present study uses a qualitative and quantitative content analysis method in order to analyse the antiSemitic and Islamophobic hate that spreads across Twitter. Specifically, how common hate speech of thissort is directed towards religious representatives of Judaism and Islam and whether the hatred differs in any way. In addition to this, the theory of globalization is examined in order to gain a deeper understandingof the theories impact on the amount of hatred that resides on the internet. To investigate this, two religiousrepresentatives were chosen, one Jewish rabbi and one Muslim imam. Specifically, the responses andtweets that were sent to their Twitter accounts were examined to gauge the feedback they get from thepublic on a daily basis. The analysed tweets were placed in predetermined categories. The results that thepresent study offers matches most of the previous studies made about the subject. In other words, there isreligious hatred spread across the internet, but the hatred aimed towards Judaism and Islam does not lookthe same. They stem from different points of reference which manifests hatred in different forms. Itbecomes apparent that the theory of globalization and digitalization plays a role in the widespread onlinehate. Though, quantifying the impact of these theories in more specific numbers shows to be an incredibledifficult task.
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