Demonising Migrants in Contexts of Extremism: Analysis of Hate Speech in UK and Spain

Hate speech has been seen as a problem within democratic societies that exacerbated by social media. While platforms claim to moderate content, this proves impossible. Studying popular in the UK and Spain examining content community pages dedicated right-wing parties, we use framing analysis identify predominant frames user comments contained hate against migrants. Our research demonstrates frequent of arguments encourage xenophobic discriminatory attitudes flourish. Specifically, find immigrants are commonly framed potential criminals, people who steal resources erode norms dominant culture traditions. The fact these used is worrying indicates exist both under study. However, it difficult imagine regulatory systems would prevent from being expressed. Rather, argue more important focus on correcting conditions cause such take hold society.