Abstract
This study explores the extent to which particular cyber forums
enable and provoke either hatred or healthy speech regarding social
and political issues from 2013 to 2014 and then the public’s
response(s) to such discussions in Pakistan. The article originates
from a study conducted on 'hate speech’, a study of Pakistan's
cyberspace 2014, by bytesforall.pk, a social forum developing
professional and healthy activities among users. The assessment of
the democratic and autocratic potential of cyber world media helps
to understand cyber world as public sphere. By analyzing the extent
to which specific forums within the internet sphere play a pivotal
role in facilitating emotions, developing anxiety and creating hatred
will help to propose regulations for cyber world. The paper also
discusses the impact of individual narrative and personal
perspective and its role in developing negative and positive space.
It is an attempt to present a holistic account of how we might
envision playing a beneficial role among cyber world users.
Rukhsana Tariq . (2016) Hate speech or healthy speech, user friendly or user anxiety: An analysis of cyber world speech discourse. , Journal of Media Studies, Volume 31, Issue 1.
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