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Livestream today - Survey on online hate faced by female EU parliamentarians
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Presentation and discussion with EU Commissioner Helena Dalli – livestreamed today
Survey on online hate faced by female EU parliamentarians
Women who are politically active in social media are frequently targeted by online hate speech. The extent and causes of this form of misogyny as well as possible countermeasures will be addressed in a discussion event at the European Parliament at 5 p.m. today. The discussions will also be livestreamed. MEPs and Helena Dalli, the EU Commissioner for Equality, will debate the issues with researchers and authors.
Janina Steinert, a professor at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), will present a survey on online hate conducted among MEPs. It shows that both female and male MEPs face hate speech. However, the female respondents are more likely to experience certain forms of hate, including sexualized verbal violence, to feel intimidated by it and to reduce their social media activities.
Program:
“Tackling Online Misogyny Against Politically Active Women”
Tuesday, March 21, 2023
European Parliament, room Paul Henri Spaak (PHS 7C050)
Registration for in-person or livestream attendance: https://europeanparliament.webex.com/europeanparliament/onstage/g.php?MTID=e9beb898fc496bbba232ecf956e12daf0
5 p.m.: Helena Dalli, European Commissioner for Equality
5.10: Diane Abbott, Member of Parliament, United Kingdom (video message)
5.15: Janina Steinert, professor of global health, TUM: “Online Violence Against Female Politicians: Empirical Insights”
5.25: Theresa Bielowski & Pierette Herzberger Fofana, MEP
5.30: Ingrid Brodnig, author: “Hate Speech as a Political Tool”
5.40: Maria Noichl & Evin Incir, MEP
5.45: Sawsan Chebli, Former State Secretary in Berlin: “LOUD - Why Hate Speech is Real Violence”
5.55: Delara Burkhardt & Evelyn Regner, MEP
6 p.m.: Discussion
The event will be hosted by the TUM professorships for Global Health (Prof. Janina Steinert) and for Computational Social Science and Big Data (Prof. Jürgen Pfeffer) and by the S&D and Green/EFA groups in the European Parliament.
It is part of the research project "Understanding, Detecting, and Mitigating Online Misogyny Against Politically Active Women". A team from TUM, Munich School of Politics and Public Policy and LMU Munich is investigating the phenomena surrounding this kind of misogyny. This includes the analysis of cultural differences based on case studies in Germany, India and Brazil. They also want to develop automated methods for the early identification of misogynistic dynamics.
https://www.gov.sot.tum.de/gov/projects/misogyny-20/project/
The project is funded by the Bavarian Research Institute for Digital Transformation (bidt), an institute of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BAdW).
Scientific contact:
Prof. Dr. Janina SteinertTechnical University of Munich (TUM)
Professorship of Global Health
Phone: + 49 89 907793 321
janina.steinert@tum.de
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Pfeffer
Technical University of Munich (TUM)
Professorship of Computational Social Science und Big Data
Phone: +49 89 907793 200
juergen.pfeffer@hfp.tum.de
Contact at TUM Corporate Communications Center:Klaus Becker
Media relations
Phone: +49 89 289 22798
klaus.becker@tum.de
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