Computer Science

Understanding Hate Group Videos on YouTube

Document Type

Conference Paper

Abstract

Hate content warning: This paper contains hate ideology content that may cause discomfort. As the largest video-sharing platform, YouTube has been known for hosting hate ideology content that could lead to between-group conflicts and extremism. Research has examined search algorithms and the creator-fan networks related to radicalization videos on YouTube. However, there is little grounded theory analysis of videos of hate groups to understand how hate groups present to the viewers and discuss social problems, solutions, and actions. This work presents a preliminary analysis of 96 videos using open-coding and affinity diagramming to identify common video styles created by the U.S. hate ideology groups. We also annotated hate videos' diagnostic, prognostic, and motivational framing to understand how the hate groups utilize video-sharing platforms to promote collective actions.

Publication Title

Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW

Publication Date

2022

First Page

32

Last Page

36

ISBN

9781450391900

DOI

10.1145/3500868.3559465

Keywords

collective action, hate ideology, YouTube

APA Citation

Niu, S., Veazey, K., Pagan, P., & Ghimire, A. (2022, November). Understanding Hate Group Videos on YouTube. In Companion Publication of the 2022 Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing (pp. 32-36).

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