Exploring Students' Knowledge of and Attitudes Towards Hate Speech at the Ohio State University
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2013-05
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The Ohio State University
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In the past few years there has been an increase in hate speech incidents on the Ohio State University's main campus itself as well as in the media surrounding the university from racist vandalism on the black cultural center to xenophobic comments tweeted online by students and blasted on a haters tumblr. What is more, because Ohio State is such a diverse university and has locations across the world including India and China all recruiting international students, it is imperative that hate speech be investigated further. Even though some research on hate speech has been conducted, little of it takes place on college campuses and most of it is quantitative in nature. The purpose of this research was to explore undergraduate students' knowledge of and attitudes towards hate speech on the Ohio State University's main campus as well as to determine what measures they think the university should take in response to hate speech on campus. The research design for this study was qualitative, in-person interviewing. Eight participants were purposively selected and interviewed using an interview guide. Results found that undergraduate students were knowledgeable about what hate speech is, but uninformed about the Constitution's stance on hate speech. Additionally, undergraduate students were disapproving of hate speech, and all agreed that the university needs to do something about it.
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College Students, Hate Speech, Ohio State University, Social Work