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Cyber Racism and Community Resilience

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The first part of this chapter uses the Australian example to demonstrate the development of contrasting national identity narratives and their interpretation on social media. This includes contextualising the narratives in terms of the historical and political development of Australia as a multicultural nation. The second part of this chapter uses examples from Australia and around the world to explore the discursive strategies employed by exponents of cyber racism to promote their version of national identity narratives. These complementary approaches aim to give insight into the dynamic through which cyber racism can be legitimised through narratives about national identity.

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  1. School of Communication, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia

    Andrew Jakubowicz

  2. Social Sciences and Psychology, Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia

    Kevin Dunn & Rosalie Atie

  3. Law School, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

    Gail Mason

  4. Deakin University, Burwood, Victoria, Australia

    Yin Paradies

  5. Western Sydney University, Penrith, New South Wales, Australia

    Ana-Maria Bliuc

  6. La Trobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia

    Nasya Bahfen & Andre Oboler

  7. University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia

    Karen Connelly

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Jakubowicz, A. et al. (2017). Racist Narratives Online. In: Cyber Racism and Community Resilience. Palgrave Hate Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64388-5_6

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