Cherian George is the author of Hate Spin: The Manufacture of Religious Offense and its Threat to Democracy (MIT Press, 2016). He is professor of media studies at the journalism department of Hong Kong Baptist University, where he also serves as director of the Centre for Media and Communication Research.
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Published in: HomeHate speech: a dilemma for journalists the world overIn extreme cases, a culture may have so demeaned or dehumanised a particular community that hate speech against it...
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Published in: HomeThe hidden agenda of Trump’s Muslim banThe Islamophobia industry uses lawfare to skew the conversation about Islam. Its fingerprints are on the President’s...
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Published in: HomeRescuing democracy from the harms of hate speechThe tale of two places of worship, in the United States and Indonesia, suggests that fighting actual discrimination...