Hate speech in western press: case study of French journalists

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The main objective of this study is to identify the content and characteristics of hate speech promoted by French media professionals, in their dealings and addressing Arand Muslims in particular, especially after we have noticed recently the increasing spread of this type of speech, which may lead to more hostility and hatred between Muslims and the Western World.

In our analysis of these discourses, we focused on a sample of the videos that were transmitted and shared by the French journalist of Jewish origins Eric Zemmour on his Facebook page, which included a discourse of hate, racism and discrimination, and their number was in the end 23 videos.

They were analyzed and the content analysis method applied.

To a set of results: the spread of topics related to Islamic religious dress, the veil in particular, the focus of Zammour's discourses on propaganda methods, and the reliance on historical and religious backgrounds in talking about Arand Muslims, in addition to the reliance on the cause of the conflict element, and stereotyping and stigmatization in describing the relationship of Arand Muslims with the West.