Anne Clausen (University of Southern Denmark, Denmark) Social media platforms and the spreading of intolerance
- Datum: 28. October 2026
- Time: 16:15
- Street: Linzer Str. 4
- Location: 28359 Bremen, DE
- Room: 60.070
Abstract:
PhD student Anne Clausen from the Digital Democracy Centre, University of Southern Denmark presents findings from her PhD project ‘High Choice Platform Environments and the Spreading of Intolerance’ (2024-2027). The project focuses specifically on online hate speech targeting sexual and gender minorities, and the presentation will center around the dissertation papers:
- Social media platforms and the spreading of intolerance targeting sexual and gender minorities: a scoping review, published in Information, Communication & Society: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2026.2636138
- Danish Hate Speech Classifier (under review)
- Predictors of explicit and implicit hate speech in Danish Facebook discourse (draft stage)
- Hateful memes targeting sexual and gender minorities on Telegram (draft stage)
Bio:
Anne Clausen is a PhD student at the Digital Democracy Centre, University of Southern Denmark. She holds a master degree in Public Health from Aarhus University. Her research focuses on investigating the spreading of intolerance on social media platforms. She is specifically interested in investigating the dynamics of hate speech with computational methods.