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- How often do you use social media?
Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube.
Have you ever come across any video or post
that expresses hate towards any gender,
race, nation or religion?
Did it motivate you to comment on that video?
If yes, then what kind of language did you use?
Hatred, supportive?
If not, did the hatred in the video
influence your perception towards that group?
Most of you might be asking these questions to yourself.
What if I told you that any hate content
you or your young child recently watched online
does affect your or your youngster's perception
towards that group or individual?
Now you see the problem.
Researchers believed that young people
are increasingly exposed to online hate,
and they are investigating its impact
on the psychology and behaviour of young people.
My research is investigating
the impact of online hate speech
against the Shia and Sunni group
on the intercommunication and interrelationship
of Pakistani Shia and Sunni young people.
For this purpose, I analysed
the Shia and Sunni religious leaders online hate speeches
on social media platforms such as YouTube.
Then I analysed the comments on that speeches.
I found that most of the commentors
adopted the speech's hateful language.
With the help of survey, I will explore to what extent
this online hate is affecting the young people
daily interaction and behaviour towards each other.
I will further examine how age, gender, education,
or geographical location correlates
with the response mechanism of youth towards hate.
My research will examine and explore
the impact of online hate speech
and will inform any subsequent strategies
in addition to existing law and technologies
to address the problem,
exposing how the online hate produced and reproduced
will lead to promoting the safer online spaces for users.
Now, it's your turn.
Next time when you see any hate content online,
record your response towards it,
it will enable you to find the connection
of your response to my research.
Thank you for listening.
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