Counterspeech: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Countering Dangerous Speech

Counterspeech is a powerful tool against dangerous and toxic speech, and this volume explores its forms, functions, effectiveness, and success from multidisciplinary perspectives. It brings together expertise from linguistics, ethics, law, anthropology, practical and sociological perspectives, and addresses the question of how to use modern technological advances to make counterspeech a more instantaneous and efficient option. The greatest benefit of counterspeech lies in its ability to reach bystanders and prevent them from becoming perpetrators themselves. The Open Access version of the book is available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 210 pages
Publication date: 22 December 2023
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Counterspeech is a powerful tool against dangerous and toxic speech, and it is in line with international human rights and freedom of speech. This volume brings together expertise from a variety of disciplines to explore linguistic, ethical, and legal aspects of counterspeech, as well as its functions and effectiveness from anthropological, practical, and sociological perspectives. It also addresses the question of how we can use modern technological advances to make counterspeech a more instantaneous and efficient option to respond to harmful language online. The greatest benefit of counterspeech lies in the ability to reach bystanders and prevent them from becoming perpetrators themselves. This anthology is a great resource for scholars and students of linguistics, philosophy of language, media and communication studies, digital humanities, natural language processing, international human rights law, anthropology and sociology, and interdisciplinary research methods. It is also a valuable source of information for practitioners and anyone who wants to speak up against harmful speech. The Open Access version of this book is available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

Weight: 350g
Dimension: 156 x 234 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032454504