Session

Journalism, Media and Communication

Description

In the Cambridge Dictionary, hate speech is defined as "public speech that expresses hatred or encourages violence against a person or group based on something such as race, religion, politics, sex or sexual orientation". Hate speech "is usually thought to involve communicating hostility or contempt for an individual or group because of a characteristic group such as race, color, national origin, gender, disability, religion, political influence or sexual orientation". In fact, this paper, contrary to the above definition, will address the language of hatred in Albanian political communication, the way in which the leaders of political parties in Albania express themselves against each other, as a way to hit and discredit the political opponent but also for to defend themselves when their interests and the interests of the political group they represent are affected or violated, especially in the election campaign. Knowing that political communication to some extent determines the political identity of everyone who becomes part of politics, then we will need to analyze the position and protection that each political actor makes and how much hate speech is the dominant factor in this communicative situation.

Session Chair

Ferid Selimi

Session Co-Chair

Gjylie Rexha

Proceedings Editor

Edmond Hajrizi

ISBN

978-9951-550-47-5

First Page

1

Last Page

7

Location

UBT Kampus, Lipjan

Start Date

30-10-2021 9:00 AM

End Date

30-10-2021 10:30 AM

DOI

10.33107/ubt-ic.2021.225

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Hate speech in Albanian political communication. Case study: electoral campaign in Albania, April 25, 2021

UBT Kampus, Lipjan

In the Cambridge Dictionary, hate speech is defined as "public speech that expresses hatred or encourages violence against a person or group based on something such as race, religion, politics, sex or sexual orientation". Hate speech "is usually thought to involve communicating hostility or contempt for an individual or group because of a characteristic group such as race, color, national origin, gender, disability, religion, political influence or sexual orientation". In fact, this paper, contrary to the above definition, will address the language of hatred in Albanian political communication, the way in which the leaders of political parties in Albania express themselves against each other, as a way to hit and discredit the political opponent but also for to defend themselves when their interests and the interests of the political group they represent are affected or violated, especially in the election campaign. Knowing that political communication to some extent determines the political identity of everyone who becomes part of politics, then we will need to analyze the position and protection that each political actor makes and how much hate speech is the dominant factor in this communicative situation.