Why do we Hate Migrants? A Double Machine Learning-based Approach
Abstract: AI-based NLP literature has explored antipathy toward the marginalized section of society, such as migrants, and their social acceptance. Broadly, extant literature has conceptualized this as an online hate speech detection task and employed predictive ML models. However, a crucial omission in this literature is the genesis (or causality) of online hate, i.e., why do we hate migrants? Drawing insights from social science literature, we have identified three antecedents of online hate: Cultural, Economic, and Security concerns. Subsequently, we probe -which of these concerns triggers
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10.1145/3603163.3609040
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979-8-4007-0232-7
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Why do we Hate Migrants? A Double Machine Learning-based Approach
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Aparup Khatua, Wolfgang Nejdl
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https://doi.org/10.1145/3603163.3609040
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Abstract: AI-based NLP literature has explored antipathy toward the marginalized section of society, such as migrants, and their social acceptance. Broadly, extant literature has conceptualized this as an online hate speech detection task and employed predictive ML models. However, a crucial omission in this literature is the genesis (or causality) of online hate, i.e., why do we hate migrants? Drawing insights from social science literature, we have identified three antecedents of online hate: Cultural, Economic, and Security concerns. Subsequently, we probe -which of these concerns triggers
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2023-09-04
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HT '23: 34th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Social Media, Rome, Italy, September 4-8, 2023
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Aparup Khatua (L3S Research Center, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany) and Wolfgang Nejdl (L3S Research Center, Leibniz University Hannover, Hannover, Germany)
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2023-09-04