Vol. 15 No. 1 (2024): MEDIA EDUCATION – Studi, ricerche e buone pratiche
Articles

Antisemitismo on line in Italia. Elementi di una sfida educativa

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  • Claudia Hassan
Claudia Hassan
Università degli Studi di Roma Tor Vergata
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36253/me-15890

Published 2024-06-12

Keywords

  • Antisemitism 2.0,
  • digital public sphere,
  • network society

Copyright (c) 2024 Claudia Hassan

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Abstract

The backdrop of a fragmented and disfigured public sphere in the context of social networks and platforms constitutes the ideal breeding ground for different forms of anti-Semitism. Anti-Jewish prejudice thus becomes one of the poles of the disinformation, post-truth and conspiracy circuit that has undergone an impressive surge of online content in the past decade. Within this context, the article examines the online anti-Semitism of some Italian sites by highlighting the traditional frameworks of offline anti-Semitism and the difficulty of combating it due to the network’s own characteristics. The democratic restrictions on the use of anti-Semitic formulas, language and rhetoric fail on the net where anti-Semitism acquires currency and normalization.

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