Violence in interpersonal relationships: Analysis of hate speech

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the psychosocial elements involved in the propagation of hate speech through the Freudian perspective of culture.  The selected corpus consisted of 9 offensive comments published on Facebook about 3 different news items involving human rights violations. Hate speeches are constructed from generalizations about specific social groups. Culture projects norms and values onto individuals from certain historical moments and ideological formations; so, when those people believe they are exposing a particular point of view, all of them are only reproducing it. The dissemination of hate speeches does not necessarily indicate that there is currently more intolerance or prejudice against minority social groups, as these have always been part of the social structure. Society is going through a historical moment in which certain contents, once repressed, can appear through the internet in the form of hate speech.

DOI:https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2023.002-010