Emergence and Development of a News Hate Cycle About Immigrants: The Case of Immigrants Transferred from the Canary Islands to the Spanish Mainland
In this article, we present the findings of research focused on the emergence and development of an immigration-related news hate cycle in Spain. During the period from 24 to 29 October 2023, there was an unusual increase in social media posts about the Spanish government’s transfer of immigrants fr...
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| author | Pilar Rodriguez Martínez Antonia Sánchez Villanueva Pilar Rios Campos Lucía Martinez Joya Antonio Jesús Segura Sánchez Joaquín Jaime Sánchez Espinosa Francisco Villegas Lirola Maria Carmen López Berlanga |
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| description | In this article, we present the findings of research focused on the emergence and development of an immigration-related news hate cycle in Spain. During the period from 24 to 29 October 2023, there was an unusual increase in social media posts about the Spanish government’s transfer of immigrants from the Canary Islands to the Spanish mainland. Based on the monitoring of 918 posts collected through AI media-monitoring software (Determ d.o.o), our study identify how hate speech against immigrants was generated and spread. In particular, we aim to identify the main actors and influencers involved in its creation, dissemination, and transformation, and how these actors manipulate interpretative frameworks by introducing arguments about a supposed comparative grievance between the Spanish people and immigrants in order to foment hatred and strengthen attitudes of rejection towards immigrants, presenting them as invaders, criminals, and terrorists. In this news cycle, hate speech reaches its peak when the press of trustworthy information echoes the disinformation. The analysis of the actors involved and the temporal sequence on social media and websites reveals how they achieve this. It also allows us to develop tools to counter the spread of hate speech. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6ce3c8b0215e46c5b941cfe7e332cc9f2025-08-20T01:48:41ZengMDPI AGJournalism and Media2673-51722025-01-0161510.3390/journalmedia6010005Emergence and Development of a News Hate Cycle About Immigrants: The Case of Immigrants Transferred from the Canary Islands to the Spanish MainlandPilar Rodriguez Martínez0Antonia Sánchez Villanueva1Pilar Rios Campos2Lucía Martinez Joya3Antonio Jesús Segura Sánchez4Joaquín Jaime Sánchez Espinosa5Francisco Villegas Lirola6Maria Carmen López Berlanga7Departamento de Geografía, Historia y Humanidades, Universidad de Almería, La Cañada, 04120 Almería, SpainDepartamento de Filología, Universidad de Almería, La Cañada, 04120 Almería, SpainDepartamento de Psicología, University of Jaén, 23071 Jaén, SpainDepartamento de Geografía, Historia y Humanidades, Universidad de Almería, La Cañada, 04120 Almería, SpainDepartamento de Psicología, Universidad de Almería, La Cañada, 04120 Almería, SpainDepartamento de Psicología, Universidad de Almería, La Cañada, 04120 Almería, SpainDepartamento de Educación, Universidad de Almería, La Cañada, 04120 Almería, SpainDepartamento de Educación, Universidad de Almería, La Cañada, 04120 Almería, SpainIn this article, we present the findings of research focused on the emergence and development of an immigration-related news hate cycle in Spain. During the period from 24 to 29 October 2023, there was an unusual increase in social media posts about the Spanish government’s transfer of immigrants from the Canary Islands to the Spanish mainland. Based on the monitoring of 918 posts collected through AI media-monitoring software (Determ d.o.o), our study identify how hate speech against immigrants was generated and spread. In particular, we aim to identify the main actors and influencers involved in its creation, dissemination, and transformation, and how these actors manipulate interpretative frameworks by introducing arguments about a supposed comparative grievance between the Spanish people and immigrants in order to foment hatred and strengthen attitudes of rejection towards immigrants, presenting them as invaders, criminals, and terrorists. In this news cycle, hate speech reaches its peak when the press of trustworthy information echoes the disinformation. The analysis of the actors involved and the temporal sequence on social media and websites reveals how they achieve this. It also allows us to develop tools to counter the spread of hate speech.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-5172/6/1/5news hate cyclesocial mediamonitoring softwareimmigrantSpain |
| spellingShingle | Pilar Rodriguez Martínez Antonia Sánchez Villanueva Pilar Rios Campos Lucía Martinez Joya Antonio Jesús Segura Sánchez Joaquín Jaime Sánchez Espinosa Francisco Villegas Lirola Maria Carmen López Berlanga Emergence and Development of a News Hate Cycle About Immigrants: The Case of Immigrants Transferred from the Canary Islands to the Spanish Mainland Journalism and Media news hate cycle social media monitoring software immigrant Spain |
| title | Emergence and Development of a News Hate Cycle About Immigrants: The Case of Immigrants Transferred from the Canary Islands to the Spanish Mainland |
| title_full | Emergence and Development of a News Hate Cycle About Immigrants: The Case of Immigrants Transferred from the Canary Islands to the Spanish Mainland |
| title_fullStr | Emergence and Development of a News Hate Cycle About Immigrants: The Case of Immigrants Transferred from the Canary Islands to the Spanish Mainland |
| title_full_unstemmed | Emergence and Development of a News Hate Cycle About Immigrants: The Case of Immigrants Transferred from the Canary Islands to the Spanish Mainland |
| title_short | Emergence and Development of a News Hate Cycle About Immigrants: The Case of Immigrants Transferred from the Canary Islands to the Spanish Mainland |
| title_sort | emergence and development of a news hate cycle about immigrants the case of immigrants transferred from the canary islands to the spanish mainland |
| topic | news hate cycle social media monitoring software immigrant Spain |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-5172/6/1/5 |
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