Contextures of hate: Towards a systems theory of hate communication on social media platforms

We inquire into different perspectives and patterns of problematizing online hate speech within the social sciences from a systems-theoretical perspective. Our results identify five research adopted by studies on issue: (1) systematic problems operationalizing (online) speech; (2) intentionalist actors their motives; (3) consequentialist victims (4) media affordances, infrastructures, strategies finally, (5) normative consequences speech. Additionally, we want to propose functionalist perspective communication and, for this purpose, develop media-sociological framework analyzing A connects process-oriented paradigm doing Instead asking what is, focuses how communicative contextures empirically produce understandings communication. will make four proposals: conceptualize as communication, then proceed analyze contextures, archeology negation conflict finally focus function emergence (counter-)publics.