Publication: Counterspeech encouraging users to adopt the perspective of minority groups reduces hate speech and its amplification on social media
Counterspeech encouraging users to adopt the perspective of minority groups reduces hate speech and its amplification on social media
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Gennaro, G., Derksen, L., Abdelrahman, A., Broggini, E., Green, M. A., Haerter, V. A., Heer, E., Heidler, I., Kauer, F., Kim, H.-N., Landry, B., Levis, A., Li, J., Şimşir, Ş., Srbinovska, I., Vital, R. A., Donnay, K., Gilardi, F., & Hangartner, D. (2025). Counterspeech encouraging users to adopt the perspective of minority groups reduces hate speech and its amplification on social media. Scientific Reports, 15, 22018. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-05041-w
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Online intergroup hostility is a pervasive and troubling issue, yet experimental evidence on how to curb it remains scarce. This study examines counterspeech as a user-driven strategy to reduce hate speech. Drawing on theories that suggest adopting the perspective of minority groups can reduce prejudice, we randomized four counterspeech strategies across the senders of 2102 xenophobic Twitter messages. Compared to a passive control group, we find that the pooled effect of the three perspective-centered strategies—traditional perspecti
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- Gennaro, Gloria
- Derksen, Laurenz
- Abdelrahman, Aya
- Broggini, Emma
- Green, Mariya Alexandra
- Haerter, Victoria Andrea
- Heer, Elia
- Heidler, Isabel
- Kauer, Fiona
- Kim, Han-Nuri
- Landry, Benjamin
- Levis, Alessio
- Li, Jiazhen
- Şimşir, Şevval
- Srbinovska, Iva
- Vital, Robin Anna
- Hangartner, Dominik
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Gennaro, G., Derksen, L., Abdelrahman, A., Broggini, E., Green, M. A., Haerter, V. A., Heer, E., Heidler, I., Kauer, F., Kim, H.-N., Landry, B., Levis, A., Li, J., Şimşir, Ş., Srbinovska, I., Vital, R. A., Donnay, K., Gilardi, F., & Hangartner, D. (2025). Counterspeech encouraging users to adopt the perspective of minority groups reduces hate speech and its amplification on social media. Scientific Reports, 15, 22018. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-05041-w
