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Counterspeech: Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Countering Dangerous Speech
This volume looks at the forms and functions of counterspeech as well as what determines its effectiveness and success from multidisciplinary perspectives. Counterspeech is in line with international human rights and freedom of speech and it can be a much more powerful tool against dangerous and toxic speech than blocking and censorship.
| Author(s) | Edited by Stefanie Ullmann (University of Cambridge, UK), Marcus Tomalin (University of Cambridge, UK). |
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| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format | Paperback / softback |
| Pages | 206 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 22 Dec 2023 |
| Availability | Not yet available |
This volume looks at the forms and functions of counterspeech as well as what determines its effectiveness and success from multidisciplinary perspectives. Counterspeech is in line with international human rights and freedom of speech and it can be a much more powerful tool against dangerous and toxic speech than blocking and censorship.
Introduction; Part I: Approaches to Counterspeech: Linguistics, Philosophy and Interdisciplinarity; 1. Counterspeech Practices in Digital Discourse - An Interactional Approach; 2. The Philosophy of Counter Language; 3. Seeing the Full Picture: The Value o
Stefanie Ullmann is a linguist and Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities at the University of Cambridge, UK. Her research interests include the use of language in politics and media discours
