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Ausländer raus
(Foreigners out)
Newspaper | Tages-Anzeiger
Date | 1.10.2016
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | cyberbullying, social media, threat, word/writing
Summary | Online comment sections on social media and news sites are full of hateful, wrong language. The problem with this is that the discourse about, say, foreigners and asylum seekers is dominated by negative words like "flood" and "chaos". Even the word "foreigner" is misleading becuase the world is not fundamentally divided into locals and foreigners but all of them are equal humans who happen to be born in one place or another. If we want that discourse to change, we must use the platforms which we are able to influence by responding to every hate comment in order to neutralize the discourse.
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«Sie agieren wie ein Schwarm»
(«They behave like a swarm»)
Newspaper | Tages-Anzeiger
Date | 12.10.2016
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | social media, threat, Twitter
Summary | Extremist groups flourish on social media. It is designed to make users happy, to mirror their preferences, and encapsulates them in a bubble of their own interests isolating them from opposed content. This is very dangerous when people slip into violent extremist circles online. The government and social media corporations should work together on breaking this bubble effect to make sure everyone sees a piece of 'reality' every once in a while.
Image Description | Photograph of a smashed window in front of a Twitter icon.
Image Tags | logo, Twitter
Es hat wieder gepiepst
(It beeped again)
Newspaper | Tages-Anzeiger
Date | 22.7.2016
Language | German
Country | Switzerland
Topic Tags | smartphone, threat
Summary | Our constant availability via smartphone makes us less aware of our physical surroundings. The fact that personal messages as well as news reach us at all times, whether we are ready for them or not, makes our perception of the world even more influenced push notifications. Despite the fact that we are now living in the safest of times, historically speaking, we feel more threatened because of countless graphic reports of terrorist attacks.
Image Description | Photograph in black and white of the author of the article.
Image Tags | male(s)
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