The Role of Gender in Hate Speech Targeting Politicians: Evidence from Finnish Twitter
Jari-Mikko Meriläinen
Abstract:This study uses a manually classified tweet sample for examining hate speech targeting the ministers of the government of Finland. We use logistic regressions to investigate the distribution of hate speech by gender, age, party leadership, visibility, and political party, with a special focus on gender. Additionally, we divide minister portfolios into masculine, neutral, and feminine positions and examine whether a minister’s gender affects the likelihood of being targeted. Our results suggest that male and fe… Show more
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